Faculty Physician / Clinician Educator (Chatham Hospital)

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

The Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in association with UNC Health and Chatham Hospital, seeks a Family or Emergency Medicine Physician with broad interests for an exciting clinical position. Clinical time will be focused in staffing the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital located 30 miles outside of Chapel Hill. Chatham Hospital is a 25-bed rural, Critical Access Hospital located in Siler City, NC.

This is an amazing opportunity to join an academically diverse and energetic group of Family Physicians engaged in providing ED care to a rural population. The ED team is supported by advanced practice providers and scribes, as well as tele-psych service, on-site interpreter services, system transfer center, and UNC AirCare. We use EPIC as our EHR, and most of our patient transfers are to the UNC main campus.

Faculty rank and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent UNC faculty physician benefits and clinical incentive pay.

As a Faculty Physician/Clinician Educator you will be an integral part of our department's success in advancing our multiple missions. Opportunities exist for academic advancement and professional development through our department which can include work across our missions including teaching, clinical excellence, research, and administration. All faculty are expected to work as part of the larger team to improve access, reduce cost, improve quality, and promote efficiency and better health outcomes. In addition, attention to timely and complete documentation and patient satisfaction is expected.

MD or DO required. Candidates must be board eligible or board certified in Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine. Continuous certification in ACLS, PALS and ATLS will be required.

Fellowship training and/or an advanced degree (e.g. MPH) is highly desirable, but not mandatory. Clinical experience in an emergency department setting, urgent care, rural practice or teaching experience is preferred, but not required.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the University's Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost office at (919)-962-1091 or send an email to facultyrecruitment@unc.edu.

Please note: The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost office will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

If you have any questions about the job requirements or the hiring department notify the Department Contact.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.