Pediatric Cardiologist (MD/DO) - UNC Health

Description UNC Health is currently seeking a Board Eligible/Certified Pediatric Cardiologist to join our multi-specialty practice in Wilmington, NC. The successful candidate will live and work primarily in Wilmington, NC, to join our team to provide pediatric and fetal care in communities throughout southeastern NC in partnership with Novant Health - New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NH-NHRMC). This facility houses a community-based, multispecialty practice and a children?s hospital that includes a 45-bed Level III NICU, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and inpatient unit. The physician will also be expected to develop and perform clinical activities in surrounding outreach locations in Southeastern NC. As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children?s upholds a four-tiered mission to "CARE," aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class family-centered care. Novant Health and UNC Health formed a partnership in early 2021 to broaden and enhance pediatric care in Southeast NC and expand medical education at the Wilmington branch campus of the School of Medicine. Through this collaboration, NH-NHRMC will become the tertiary care referral hospital for children in Coastal and Southeastern NC. The successful candidate will ideally have excellent outpatient pediatric cardiology skills with preferred fetal echocardiography expertise. This is a full-time position, with focus on outpatient care, but also includes some inpatient consultation services. The candidate must be board-certified / eligible in Pediatric Cardiology. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of and build a community-based practice in Pediatric Cardiology while being part of an academic group and holding a UNC School of Medicine faculty appointment. There is an opportunity to teach UNC school of medicine students as well as Novant residents. The physician will be expected to participate in faculty meetings and case management conferences virtually with Chapel Hill. The physician will join The UNC Children?s Heart Center, encompassing a dynamic multidisciplinary group, which cares for the fetus through adulthood along the continuum of comprehensive care. Wilmington, NC, is a charming, coastal city of ~125,000, known as the Port City, located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular destination because of its moderate, four-season climate, historic preservation district, annual cultural events, and numerous championship golf courses. The historic downtown offers a 1.75-mile River walk, and the nearby Wrightsville, Carolina, and Kure Beaches are all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington. For more information, please contact Laura Oakes at [email protected] Keywords: Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiologist, Children?s Cardiology, Cardiologist (Pediatric), Physician Cardiology Pediatrics Other information: Education Requirements:

• Meeting the Board Certification requirements. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Board Certified in Specialty; MD License in healthcare specialty
• DEA;MD;BLS

Professional Experience Requirements:

• Prefer prior experience in Pediatrics.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

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

REASONING ABILITY High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: North Carolina Medical License, DEA License, BLS certification. Board certified in area of specialty. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, kneel, bend and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds required. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physician generally works in a medical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasoning Ability: High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients.
Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians
Organization Unit: FP Pediatrics Statewide Novant Clinical Advisory Council PT Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Wilmington Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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UNC Health is charting a new course for the organization, one that reflects our aspirations, values and the high expectations customers have in today’s healthcare marketplace. These changes will help the organization adopt business and medical practices that will help us become a more responsive, customer-focused, integrated healthcare system. UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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