NP/PA Surgical Oncology Opportunity in Greenville, NC

ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Medical Center, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their Surgical Oncology team. The successful candidate will work with four surgical oncologists, two colorectal surgeons, and an advanced care practitioner. Applicants with inpatient surgical or medical experience are preferred.

ECU Health Cancer Care is eastern North Carolina’s largest provider of oncology care and includes a multidisciplinary team of specialists including radiation oncologists, hematology oncologists, surgical oncologists, gynecologic oncologist, neurological oncologist, hematology oncology fellows, and patient navigators.

Highlights include:

· Employment by ECU Health Physicians

· Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a level 1 trauma, 974 bed Academic Medical Center, 2nd largest in North Carolina

· Established surgical oncology program

· Inpatient clinical responsibilities will include daily rounds, coordination of inpatient care, and discharge of postoperative patients

· No overnight or weekend call

· Opportunity to work closely with academic faculty as well as with general surgical residents

· State-of-the-art equipment including a Gamma Knife, a Cyber Knife, 3 Trubeam Linear Accelerators, 3D Mammography, 3 MT MRI, Ultrasound and a full spectrum of radiology services

· Only American College of Surgeons (ACoS) Commission on Cancer accredited Academic Comprehensive Cancer Centers in eastern North Carolina

· Participation in a 9-hospital system of cancer care with 5 COC accredited sites sharing a common medical record and planned COC Network status

· Established clinical trials program through ECU Health and ECU School of Medicine; Members Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

· Referral network includes 29 county area with a population of 1.4 million people

· ACLS and BLS certification required

· Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package to include: annual administrative stipend, relocation assistance, vacation, sick, and holidays, malpractice (with tail), 401k, 457b, medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

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 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 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.

ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower in Greenville ECU Health Cancer Care is ECU Health’s system-wide approach to eliminating cancer throughout eastern North Carolina, one patient at a time. ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower in Greenville, located on the campus of Vidant Medical Center, serves as the hub of ECU Health Cancer Care across the system. The 418,000-square-foot facility features 96 inpatient rooms, 60 infusion areas with a view of outdoor healing gardens and 58 different clinics centered on patient care. An image renewal center provides access to wigs, prosthetics, compression sleeves and garments. A resource center offers additional services to patients and families, including psychotherapy, support groups and complementary therapies.

Greenville 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

North Carolina has many draws to include vast state parks, professional sports teams (NBA, NFL and NHL), pristine beaches, high ranking public colleges/universities and diverse arts and cultural offerings - making the area an attractive location to live, practice medicine and vacation. Explore the coast of Eastern NC.

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