"Open Rank Pediatric Sedation Physician"

Job Details

Department: Peds-Critical Care Medicine - 412016

Posting Open Date: 04/07/2025

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Type: Permanent Faculty

Working Title: Open Rank Pediatric Sedation Physician

Appointment Type: Open Rank

Vacancy ID: FAC0005519

Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Permanent

Hours per week: 40

FTE: 1

Position Location: North Carolina, US

Proposed Start Date: 09/01/2025

The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is searching for a highly qualified Pediatric Sedation Specialist with expertise in pediatric critical care medicine to be a part of our multidisciplinary Pediatric Sedation Service. For candidates with experience, there may be opportunities for leadership. This role will offer a unique opportunity to be part of a dedicated sedation program, ensuring the highest standards of care for pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. There are also opportunities to work within the pediatric intensive care unit. This individual will join UNC’s growing team of 13 faculty, 6 fellows and 5 Advanced Practice Providers as a fixed-term faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The physician may be expected to cover the pediatric intensive care unit including nights and weekends. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care experience in addition to Pediatric Critical Care experience is highly desirable as, at times, physicians will be expected to cover both units. This pediatric intensivist will be committed to patient care, research and education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement would match well with current divisional activities. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and academic accomplishments.

As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children’s upholds a four-tiered mission to ‘CARE,’ aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class family-centered care. The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is the clinical home of UNC Children’s which has 150 inpatient beds including: 72-bed inpatient unit, 8-bed Children’s Short-Stay Unit, 64-bed Newborn Critical Care Center and a 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Our multidisciplinary experts work in satellite clinics across the state and deliver state of the art tertiary care at UNC Children’s. UNC offers ready access to collaborators in other clinical and basic science departments, global and public health, public policy and other expertise across campus. UNC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) funded institution that offers support for clinical and translational researchers at all levels. This support includes seed funding, regulatory assistance, data management, drug/device development and grant preparation among other things.

The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is part of a busy quaternary care medical center with a 20 bed multidisciplinary PICU/PCICU that admits over 1200 patients per year and supports an active pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program as well as pediatric ECMO, burn, trauma, solid organ and bone marrow transplantation programs. The unit is functionally split into an 8 bed PCICU and a 12 bed PICU with the ability to flex based upon patient numbers, with expected expansion to a dedicated 13 bed separate PCICU in the next 24 months, for a total of 33 pediatric critical care beds. The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine division maintains a fully accredited pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program with 24 hour/7 day a week fellow coverage.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: The successful candidate will be board certified in Pediatrics and BC/BE in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience: The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with pediatric moderate and deep sedation, either through a separate service line or through direct clinical experience in the PICU.