Family Medicine - Geriatrics

Geriatric Division Leadership Opportunity

ECU Health Physicians and East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a board-certified Family Medicine Physician, with additional qualifications in geriatrics, to lead their geriatric division. Applicants with additional training in palliative care are preferred. Applicants should have a commitment to education and mentorship of medical and graduate students, residents, and geriatric fellows.

The Department of Family Medicine is one of 11 clinical departments at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine and is a nationally recognized leader in Family Medicine education. Located in a 120,000 sq. ft. facility, the department provides a wide variety of comprehensive primary care services for all age groups to include: newborns, pediatrics, adults, and the geriatric population. In addition to primary care, services include sports medicine, geriatric care, obstetrical care, office-based procedures, nutrition counseling, and behavioral health support in an integrated care model.

ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed, level 1 trauma facility, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. Greenville, NC, population 90,000, is located 80 miles east of Raleigh, and 80 miles northwest of NC's beautiful Crystal Coast.

Opportunity highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center
• Patient care will be provided in an ambulatory geriatric clinic, inpatient setting, and in a continuing care retirement community with skilled care beds
• Strong emphasis on teaching, mentoring, advising, supervision of geriatric fellows, residents, medical students, and other learners
• Opportunities to develop administrative and scholarly skills
• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance
• Additional supplemental insurance benefits options – Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision
• Opportunities exist for student loan repayment from the North Carolina Medical Society and The North Carolina Office of Rural Health

ECU Family Medicine believes a team with diverse experiences and perspectives leads to an inclusive and supportive environment that empowers our learners, staff, and faculty to thrive. We seek to attract culturally and academically diverse faculty members skilled in the scholarship of research, teaching, leadership, clinical supervision, and the application of knowledge. We welcome all candidates who desire to join a team that values and respects the talents, backgrounds, and ways of living of its members.

The School of Medicine provides accredited education programs for medical students, residents and fellows, doctoral students in the basic medical sciences, and practicing physicians. The hallmarks of these programs are close-faculty student interaction, experiential learning, and development of students' ability to continue learning even after they leave the formal educational setting. Our education programs are consistent with our missions of enhancing generalist training and offering opportunities in medicine to minority and disadvantaged students.

Client details: City Greenville, State NC