"Assistant Professor/Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor/Clinical Associate Professor, Professor/Clinical Professor (EHRA Faculty)"

Assistant Professor/Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor/Clinical Associate Professor, Professor/Clinical Professor (EHRA Faculty)

Position Number: 000672
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Anticipated Recruitment Range: Commensurate with qualifications
Position Type: Faculty (Teaching)
Job Category: Faculty (Physician)

Organizational Unit Overview:
ECU Health Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine is dedicated to providing excellence in education, patient care, scholarship, and service in mental health. We strive to foster a collaborative environment committed to improving the health and well-being of the people of eastern North Carolina and beyond. We support and advance evidence-based practice, sound scientific principles, and compassion in addressing the needs of our learners, our patients, our colleagues and our community.

ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare have announced plans to build a state of the art, 144-bed behavioral health facility that will open in the spring of 2025. The new facility will include 24 inpatient beds dedicated to the mental health needs of children and adolescents.

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Job Duties:
This is a full-time faculty position to serve as the Associate Medical Director for the Inpatient Psychiatry Service. This 52 bed service houses acute beds, combined MI-ID beds, and combined Med-Psych beds in a 900+ bed tertiary care academic medical center serving Eastern and coastal North Carolina. This position will serve as the lead psychiatrist for the Med-Psych program housed in the inpatient service. The hospital provides acute, intermediate, rehabilitation, and outpatient health services to more than 1.4 million people in 29 counties. The position emphasizes a leadership role and an active engagement in clinical, educational, and scholarly activities.The Associate Director will report to the Medical Director of the Inpatient Service and will be a member of the senior leadership team within the Department. The position offers an excellent blend of administrative and leadership opportunities; clinical care; teaching; and scholarship in this growing, multi-disciplinary, and collegial Department. The position will remain open until filled.

Responsibilities
1. Provide direct care to patients in inpatient and outpatient settings.
2. Serve as the Associate Medical Director for the inpatient program (Behavioral Health Unit) at ECU Health Medical Center and, in this role: [detailed list of duties...]
3. Assist in the teaching and clinical supervision of medical students, residents, and other health professional trainees.
4. Collaborate with other faculty members in conducting clinical research, with the opportunity to initiate projects if desired.
5. Function as a University faculty member, performing such duties as are appropriate to academic rank and position.

Minimum Education/Experience:

• MD or DO from an appropriately accredited institution, or completed foreign medical education accepted and recognized for ECFMG Certification.
• Graduate of a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the AAMC and the Council of Medical Education of the AMA.
• Graduate of an approved combined medicine-psychiatry or family medicine-psychiatry residency training program or satisfactory completion of training in both internal or family medicine and psychiatry.
• Board certified or qualified in both psychiatry and internal or family medicine
• Eligible for medical licensure in the State of North Carolina.
• Clinical experience working with persons, in inpatient settings, who have significant general medical and psychiatric co-morbidities.

License or Certification Required by Statute or Regulation:
Board Certification or eligibility for board certification in both psychiatry and internal or family medicine.
Eligible to obtain license to practice medicine in the State of North Carolina.

Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

• Experience in working collaboratively with other mental health professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Clinical experience working with persons who have developmental disabilities.
• Experience in conducting clinical research.
• Experience in medical education.
• Experience in psychiatric administration and management.

Special Instructions to Applicant:
East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. In addition to submitting a candidate profile online, please submit online the required applicant documents:
Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Interest
List of Three References (noting contact information)

Job Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Initial Screening Begins: 03/05/2024