Family Practice Physician

Description

Position: Family Medicine with Surgical Obstetrics, Faculty Physician/Clinician Educator
Department: UNC Department of Family Medicine

Location: Chatham Hospital, Siler City, NC

Type: Full-time Permanent

Highlights

• Join an experienced team of physicians (FM and OBGYN) and midwives
• Faculty rank and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience
• Excellent UNC faculty benefits include paid leave, retirement plans, and clinical incentive pay

Responsibilities

• Clinical: Cover labor & delivery including surgical coverage. Additional duties may include hospitalist work, continuity clinic, or specialty clinics, depending on qualifications.
• Teaching & Education: Opportunity to work with a diverse faculty and train future healthcare providers for underserved populations
• Research : Encouraged to develop scholarly interest and produce scholarly work (e.g., national presentations, manuscript submissions every 1-2 years).
• Supervision: Likely to supervise Advanced Practice Providers

• Institutional Citizenship: Improve access, cost, quality, and health outcomes. Engage in community outreach, attend professional events to assist with program and relationship development, and maintain timely documentation and satisfaction metrics.

Requirements

• MD or DO required
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Family Medicine
• Completed ACGME-approved 3-year family medicine residency with strong perinatal healthcare training
• Fellowship training in operative obstetrics is mandatory
• Desirable: Additional fellowship training and/or an advanced degree (e.g. MPH)

About the Organization

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a leader in teaching, research, and public service, consistently ranked among top public universities.

UNC Health Chatham is a 25-bed critical access hospital with maternity care service entirely staffed by UNC Department of Family Medicine faculty physicians. UNC Health Chatham, delivering 240 babies in 2025, has been recognized by the U.S. News & World Report 2026 list of the nation's "Best Hospitals for Maternity Care."

About the Community

Siler City is centrally located in Chatham County, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. The area offers easy access to mountains and beaches and is known for its livability and culture.

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Key Words: OBGYN Hospitalist, OB Hospitalist, OB/GYN, OB-GYN, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Physician, Medical Doctor, MD, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, DO

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: Chatham Hospital

Organization Unit: Network Physician Recruitment

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Variable

Location of Job: US:NC:Siler City

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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 if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.