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Psychiatrist Medical Director

ECU Health Physicians and the Center for Telepsychiatry and E-Behavioral Health (CTeBH) at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a BE/BC Psychiatrist to serve as the Medical Director for the Center for Telepsychiatry and E-Behavioral Health. The successful candidate will serve as the Chief Clinical Officer for the CTeBH Center and the NC-STeP program. The center currently serves 29 hospitals and 22 community-based clinics across the state of North Carolina. The members of the CTeBH are made up of a combination of professional personnel, faculty, and contracted external providers. The CTeBH reports to the Executive Dean of the Brody School of Medicine and works closely with the ECU Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine to recruit diverse faculty members to serve on the core leadership team, and to provide psychiatric and psychotherapy services. In total, the program includes 23 credentialed clinical providers, including board-certified psychiatrists and other advanced practice providers specializing in mental health fields. The position emphasizes a leadership role and an active engagement in clinical, educational, and scholarly activities. Applicants should have a demonstrated track record in telepsychiatry and psychiatric administration.

Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians - Academic Employment Model
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center
• Administrative responsibilities (40%) include developing initiatives to expand the program footprint, oversight of an outcomes monitoring system, improvement in patient outcomes, oversight of a peer-review program, supervision of APPs, and identifying and implementing evidenced based practices
• The Medical Director will also spend about 60% of his/her time providing clinical service
• Requirement to live in or near Greenville, NC
• Fixed Term clinic faculty appointment available at the title/rank of Assistant, Associate, or Professor rank depending on qualifications
• Opportunities exist for student loan repayment from the North Carolina Medical Society and The North Carolina Office of Rural Health

Benefits:

• Relocation Assistance
• Vacation
• CME Days & Reimbursement
• Malpractice (with tail)
• 401k
• Insurance
• State Benefits
• Disability
• Life Insurance

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.