Pediatric Hospitalist Physician; MD​/DO - Per Diem

Overview

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UNC Health is seeking a Per Diem BC/BE Pediatric Physician to join our Pediatric Hospitalist practice at the large regional campus in Wilmington, NC. This multi‑specialty practice and children’s hospital is part of an innovative partnership between UNC and Novant Health to provide specialty care to children from communities throughout southeastern and coastal NC. The Novant Health – New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NH‑NHRMC) facility and Betty H.

Cameron Women’s and Children’s Hospital is a full‑spectrum community‑based, children’s hospital that serves as the tertiary care children’s hospital for southeastern NC. This position is a clinically focused role in a regional community children’s hospital with a strong connection to a large academic group and qua ternary children’s hospital. Candidates must be BC/BE in General Pediatrics. Experience and BC/BE in Pediatric Hospital Medicine is preferred but not required.

This is a per diem position, with the majority of clinical time dedicated to providing inpatient care services to newborns, children, and adolescents including admission, subsequent care and discharge with in‑house coverage 24/7. Newborn care includes circumcisions and does not include attending deliveries. Services extend to emergency department consultation and surgical co‑management. Additional responsibilities include teaching and evaluating Family Medicine residents, UNC medical students and UNC Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows.

The program currently has seven full‑time hospitalists and five advanced practice practitioners who work with the hospitalist team in Wilmington to provide pediatric and newborn care. Depending on interest and experience, leadership opportunities with the group are available. At NH‑NHRMC there are approximately 4,200 deliveries per year and 2,700 admissions with referrals from multiple other centers in our region. All inpatients are admitted to the hospitalist service with consultation provided from subspecialists and surgeons as needed.

The pediatric care at NH‑NHRMC includes full‑spectrum specialty care including neonatology, pediatric surgery and anesthesia, pediatric critical care, cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and other related specialties. There is an eight‑bed pediatric intensive care unit and an eighteen‑bed pediatric acute care floor. In total, there are over sixty faculty and advanced practice providers at this regional campus. This campus will have ongoing clinical expansion but also the UNC School of Medicine campus is growing and up to 60 medical students will be located here for 3rd and 4th years.

The UNC‑NH partnership is also making significant investments in research at the Wilmington campus.

• Provide inpatient care services to newborns, children and adolescents including admission, subsequent care and discharge.
• Offer in‑house coverage 24/7.
• Perform newborn circumcisions, without attending deliveries.
• Consult with and co‑manage surgical teams.
• Teach and evaluate Family Medicine residents, UNC medical students and UNC Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows.

• Doctorate: MD or DO
• Pediatrics residency in an accredited program
• Board certified/eligible in General Pediatrics and/or Hospital Pediatrics

• Meeting the Board Certification requirements. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
• Board Certified in Pediatrics; MD/DO License in healthcare specialty.
• DEA, MD, BLS.

• Prefer prior experience in Pediatrics.

• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Should be able to communicate proficiently in English.

High‑level quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills are essential to diagnose medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

North Carolina Medical License, DEA…