Pediatric Cardiology Opportunity in Greenville, NC

ECU Health Physicians and The Pediatric Cardiology Division at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a Pediatric Cardiologist to join their expanding practice. Applicants should be board eligible or board certified in pediatric cardiology. New graduates are encouraged to apply.

The Pediatric Cardiology Division is the premier provider of inpatient and outpatient clinical care for pediatric cardiology patients across ECU Health’s 29-county service area. Faculty members provide the full spectrum of pediatric and adult congenital cardiology care including outreach clinic, electrophysiology, interventional catheterizations, and limited surgical support. Outpatient pediatric/adult congenital cardiac services are provided at The East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University as well as at 9 outreach clinic sites located across eastern North Carolina. Inpatient pediatric/adult congenital cardiac services are provided at the Maynard’s Children’s Hospital of Eastern North Carolina as well as at the East Carolina Heart Institute at The ECU Health Medical Center.

Opportunity Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Growing 9-hospital healthcare system including a 974-bed level 1 trauma center located in Greenville, North Carolina
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, home to The East Carolina Heart Institute (142-bed tower) and Maynard Children’s Hospital (142-bed tower)
• State-of-the-art Children’s Hospital offering 20 pediatric sub-specialists and a Level IV NICU
• Established academic division that includes 5 pediatric cardiologists
• Ability to teach and have academic responsibilities-Fixed term or tenure track positions are available at the title / rank of Assistant Professor, Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Professor, or Clinical Professor
• Salary and academic rank commensurate with experience and academic background

Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance

Additional supplemental insurance benefits options – Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

The James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital, located on the campus of ECU Health Medical Center, is designed to care for children from newborns to 18 years of age (and up to 21 years of age is patient is being followed by a pediatric physician).  The 206,499 square foot 198-bed facility provides highly specialized services including a pediatric intensive care (PICU), neonatal intensive care (NICU), kids immunosuppressed specialty unit (KISU), specialty care nursery, mother-baby unit, pediatric ECMO services, 24/7 children’s emergency department, acute dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), pediatric radiology, pediatric rehabilitation, general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and craniofacial surgery.  The James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center is a designated Children’s Miracle Network hospital, placing it among the nation’s top children’s facilities.

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play!

• Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
• Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
• Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area

If you, or a colleague, is interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Jessica Guillemette at (252)343-2627 or Jessica.Guillemette@ecuhealth.org.