NP/PA Cardiac Surgery ICU Opportunity in Greenville, NC

ECU Health Physicians and The East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU Health Medical Center are seeking a Board-Certified/Board Eligible Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to provide acute patient care in their Cardiac Surgery ICU.

Job highlights include:

· Employment by ECU Health Physicians

· Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center

· Established team of experienced Advanced Practice Providers and Surgeons

· 100% inpatient clinical care

· Ability to work with a nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgery program that performs more than 1,000 pump cases annually

· Clinical responsibilities will include performing histories and physical examinations, patient assessments, daily patient rounds with physicians, and facilitation of pre-operative and post-operative patient care

· (14) shifts every 28 days with rotating nights and weekends

· Ability to perform ICU procedures

· ACLS certification by the American Heart Association is required

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

East Carolina Heart Institute The East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU Health Medical Center is eastern North Carolina’s preferred facility for cardiovascular services. The six-story, 375,000-square-foot tower houses clinical space, diagnostic services, and cardiovascular operating rooms, including a hybrid operating room. It features 120 beds for patients undergoing procedures for cardiac medicine, cardiac surgery, and vascular surgery.

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 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 art, 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 the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play!

· Located inland off 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