Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor; Pediatric Pulmonologist

Overview

Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor;
Pediatric Pulmonologist

• Position Number: 000893
• Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
• Anticipated Recruitment Range: Commensurate with Qualifications
• Position Type: Faculty (Teaching)
• Job Category: Faculty (Physician)

It is the mission of the Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, to provide exemplary medical education/training of physicians in pediatric medicine at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additionally, it is the mission of the department to provide model comprehensive primary and consultative subspecialty care to children of eastern North Carolina, to advance scientific knowledge through basic and clinical research, and to provide continuing medical education opportunities for physicians in the region.

The Department of Pediatrics at East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, is seeking a full-time Pediatric Pulmonologist to join the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology Medicine. The Division is committed to providing excellent clinical care for infants and children with all types of lung disease in eastern North Carolina. The academic pediatric pulmonologist will provide excellent medical education (teaching) for residents, medical students, nursing students, and other learners.

There is a very active outpatient clinic including a growing Cystic Fibrosis Program, along with consultative inpatient services within the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital, East Carolina University Health Medical Center. A Pediatric Sleep Lab is available and a Sedation Service is available to assist with bronchoscopies. Research opportunities are available.

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1708-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 1100 academic and community providers. There are over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 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. For more information, visit ECUHealth.org.

Fixed Term (12-month) or Tenure Track position available at the title / rank of Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Clinical Professor, or Professor. Number of years practicing and accomplishments varies for each title/rank.

Employment in this position provides eligibility to participate in the UNC Optional Retirement Program (ORP) which offers matching employer contributions and employee control of investment choices, along with eligibility to participate in various Voluntary Supplemental Retirement Plans (401k, 403b, 457). This position is not eligible to participate in the NC Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS). Additionally, this position offers multiple voluntary options for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance as well as various supplemental plans including Critical Illness, Flexible Spending Accounts, Cancer, and Disability.

While this position is not automatically eligible for the NC Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS), new hires transferring from another North Carolina state agency and current ECU employees transferring internally who had been enrolled in TSERS in their previous employment will continue participation in TSERS. These individuals may be able to elect to participate in ORP if they had not been offered that option at the time of their initial enrollment into TSERS.

Employment is contingent upon the availability of funds.

MD or DO degree from an appropriately accredited institution, or completed foreign medical education accepted and…