Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician; MD​/DO - Per Diem - Nash

Overview

UNC Faculty Physicians-Statewide is seeking a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine physician for a Per Diem position at UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, NC. The clinician will provide inpatient care approximately one week per month, primarily in the Special Care Nursery (SCN) at UNC Health Nash. This level II neonatal intensive care unit serves Rocky Mount, North Carolina and surrounding counties, admitting close to 200 infants per year.

UNC Health Nash is affiliated with UNC, a qua ternary referral center connected through teleconferencing for consultations and continuing medical education.

The Specialty Care Nursery at Nash UNC Health Care is located within the Women’s Center, a 47,048-square-foot facility opened in May 2016 and designed with input from mother-baby experts, community members, and new parents. The Women’s Center features:

• Six labor and delivery suites with private bathrooms
• A dedicated cesarean section suite and spacious recovery room
• Sixteen mother–baby postpartum rooms with private bathrooms
• A large, modern Special Care Nursery

The Specialty Care Unit includes twelve private infant rooms with accommodations for family members, including sleeping space, private bathrooms, and access to hot meals. Family presence and participation are encouraged. The unit provides care for intermediate-level neonates, stable growing premature infants, and readmitted infants under 30 days old. Services include oxygen therapy, continuous monitoring, IV therapy, phototherapy, antibiotics, and OG/NG feedings.

Monitoring capabilities include central cardiac/respiratory monitoring, apnea/bradycardia monitoring, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, glucose, and thermoregulation.

• Provide direct patient care in the NICU on a per diem basis (approximately one week per month).
• Participate in clinical neonatology care within the SCN, including monitoring and treatment of infants with varying levels of acuity.

• Board-certified in Pediatrics and board-certified or board-eligible in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.
• Training and experience in clinical neonatology.
• Per diem role focused on direct patient care.

• Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
• North Carolina Medical License; DEA; NRP; BLS; neonatal resuscitation certification preferred. Board certified in Pediatrics and BC/BE in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

• English language proficiency.

• Legal
  
  Employer:
  
  STATE
• Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians
• Organization Unit: FP Pediatrics Statewide Nash NPM Passthrough
• Work Type:
  Per Diem
• Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00
• Work Assignment Type:
  Onsite
• Work Schedule:
  
  Variable
• Location:
  
  Rocky Mount, NC
• Exempt From Overtime:
  Yes

For more information, please contact Laura Oakes es.edu.

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.

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