Description
ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Orthopedics and Fracture Care, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are expanding and seeking a board eligible or board certified fellowship trained orthopedic trauma surgeon. The successful applicant will join a growing orthopedic practice.
The ECU Health Orthopedic team provides care to patients at ECU Health Medical Center’s 974-bed level 1 trauma center. The hospital is the tertiary referral center for ECU Health, a 9-hospital healthcare system serving eastern North Carolina.
Opportunity Highlights:
- Employment by ECU Health Medical Group
- Established practice that includes 4 fellowship trained orthopedic trauma surgeons, 5 elective orthopedic surgeons, and 17 advanced practice providers
- 24/7 inpatient and outpatient support by an experienced team of nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Access to a state-of-the-art Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Expansive referral network consisting of 29 counties and over 1.4 million people
- Trauma exclusive outpatient clinic with in-house x-ray, DME, etc.
- 2 dedicated trauma operating rooms with additional elective block time
- High volume program with over 4,000 trauma admissions annually
- Epic EMR System
- Competitive compensation and benefits including relocation
- Ability to live only an hour away from the beautiful North Carolina coast
In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits plan, qualified applicants may also be eligible for loan repayment, sign-on bonus, income guarantees, and residency/fellowship paid commitment stipends.
ECU Health
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org
ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.
This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.
Greenville, NC
Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play!
- Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
- Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
- Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
- Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
- Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
- Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area
For more information, please contact Amanda Mercer at 252-847-9029 or by email Amanda.Mercer@ecuhealth.org .
