Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician (MD/DO) - Per Diem - UNC Health Nash

Description

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 quaternary 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.

The ideal candidate will be board certified in Pediatrics and board certified or board eligible in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, with training and experience in clinical neonatology. This per diem role is focused on direct patient care.

Rocky Mount is located in Eastern North Carolina at the intersection of US 64 and I95, approximately 50 miles from Raleigh and RDU Airport. The region offers a low cost of living and convenient access to beaches (120 miles) and mountain destinations (190 miles). Residents enjoy excellent work-life balance with local access to dining, lakes, parks, trails, performing arts, outdoor concerts, sports complexes, and family-friendly activities. Home to NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount is within an hour of NC State University, Duke University, East Carolina University, and UNCChapel Hill.

For more information, please contact Laura Oakes at laura.oakes@unchealth.unc.edu.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Board Certified in Pediatrics and BC or BE in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
* DEA; NRP; MD
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Language Skills: Should be able to communicate proficiently in English.

REASONING ABILITY

High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

North Carolina Medical License, DEA License, BLS/Neonatal Resuscitation certification preferred. Board certified in Pediatrics and BC/BE in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, kneel, bend and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physician generally works in a medical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasoning Ability: High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

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 of Job: US:NC:Rocky Mount

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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 applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.