Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinical Assistant Professor

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

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.

Position Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a Pediatric Gastroenterologist to join 13 faculty and 5 advanced nurse practitioners in expanding the academic and clinical mission of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. The position is on the fixed-term track at the Clinical Assistant Professor rank. This is a full-time, clinical focused position. The ideal candidate will have completed pediatric GI subspecialty training and hold a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in North Carolina. Candidates will have demonstrated excellence in clinical care and teaching. Strong clinical and endoscopic skills are required. The selected candidate must have a strong interest in general pediatric gastroenterology.
We encourage exceptional individuals interested in growing a clinical program in pediatric obesity and advancing our research, education, and advocacy missions to apply. The candidate will join a multidisciplinary team consisting of a pediatric endocrinologist, a pediatric bariatric surgeon, a dietitian, a licensed social worker, and policy advocates. The candidate will work collaboratively with existing weight management programs (Weight Management Services UNC Hospitals Chapel Hill, NC; UNC Weight Management Program at Family Medicine – UNC Weight Management Program) and research investigators at UNC and Duke.
The practicing duties of this position will be held at the following locations:

• UNC Specialty Care at Sanford – 1301 Central Dr, Sanford, NC, 27330 (average of 2 days a week)
• UNC Children’s Primary and Specialty Care at Carolina Pointe II – 6013 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517 (average of 1.5 days a week)
• North Carolina Children’s Hospital – 101 Manning Dr Ground Floor, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 (average of 5-6 weeks on-call per year, 4 hours of Fellows Clinic every 6 weeks, and 4 hours of endoscopy time weekly)

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• MD/DO or equivalent.
• BC/BE in Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Formal training in clinical informatics and pediatric obesity is desirable.