Assistant Professor​/Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor​/Clinical Associate Professor

Assistant Professor/Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor/Clinical Associate Professor Please see Special Instructions for more details.

East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. In addition to your profile, submit:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of Interest
• List of Three References (contact information)

At the time of employment, you will need two to three original letters of reference, official transcripts, a criminal background check, and proper documentation of identity and employability. If selected for an interview, an automatic e‑mail will be sent to the individuals entered in your references section of the People Admin applicant tracking system. Letters of reference submitted via People Admin will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement.

Title: Assistant Professor/Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor/Clinical Associate Professor

Number of Vacancies: 1

FTE: up to 1.0 FTE

Location: Greenville, NC

ECU Health Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine is dedicated to excellence in education, patient care, scholarship, and service in mental health. We strive to foster a collaborative environment committed to improving the health and well‑being of the people of eastern North Carolina and beyond. We support evidence‑based practice, sound scientific principles, and compassion in addressing the needs of learners, patients, colleagues, and community.

Located in Greenville, a vibrant city with a population of nearly 100,000, ECU Health is a 1,708‑bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people across 29 counties in eastern North Carolina.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine invites applicants who are board‑eligible/board‑certified Addiction Medicine & Psychiatry Physician or Addiction Medicine Physician to apply for 12‑month fixed‑term or tenure‑track appointments at the title/rank of Clinical Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor or Clinical Associate Professor/Associate Professor.

Clinical responsibilities include:

• Providing addiction consult services to ECU Health Medical Center and other contracted sites, delivering comprehensive evidence‑based patient care.
• Conducting multisystem biopsychosocial addiction evaluations, reviewing history, diagnostic studies, and comorbid illness.
• Assessing co‑occurring conditions and directing treatment, continuation of care, or referral for higher level of care when appropriate.

The selected candidate will collaborate with faculty on clinical research and may initiate projects. Teaching responsibilities include:

• Supervising medical students, residents, and other healthcare professionals rotating through the clinical facilities served by this position.
• Teaching in the didactic series of the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship (once established), adult psychiatry residency, adult psychiatry grand rounds, and other affiliated lecture needs.

Salary and academic rank/title (tenure track or fixed term) commensurate with experience. Up to 1.0 FTE.

Position contingent upon availability of funding.

Life‑time required for licensure in North Carolina, current state and federal prescriptive authority, and valid DATA 2000 waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction treatment.

• MD or DO from an accredited institution, or foreign medical education accepted and recognized for ECFMG certification.
• Board‑eligible/certified in Addiction specialty (psychiatry or medicine).
• Eligible for medical licensure in North Carolina.

Complete one candidate profile online via People Admin and submit any requested documents. Applicants possessing the preferred education and experience must also meet all required education/experience, if applicable.

Employment in this position provides eligibility to participate in the UNC Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and other voluntary options for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, etc. Eligibility to participate in various supplementary plans including 401(k),…