ECU Health Physicians and The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking an experienced Board Certified Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to assume to the role of Child and Adolescent Residency Program Director. Applicants should have a Medical Degree from an appropriately accredited institution, completion of accredited residency training, and have at least three years post residency clinical and administrative experience.

ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare have announced plans to build a state-of the-art, 144-bed behavioral health facility that will open in the spring of 2025. The new facility will include 24 inpatient beds dedicated to the mental health needs of children and adolescents.

Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians-Academic Employment Model
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-academic medical center
• Growing 9-hospital physician led healthcare system
• 50% clinical/50% administrative
• Residency Program Director responsibilities will include: residency program development and evaluation, resident recruitment and selection, resident evaluation and supervision, course/rotation monitoring and evaluation, coordination of all course and rotation scheduling, serving as the chairperson of the residency training committee, and community engagement with physicians, hospitals administrators and community site coordinators.
• Clinical opportunities exist in outpatient child psychiatry in community health centers, consultation with pediatric practices, juvenile justice, telemedicine or in resident clinic supervision
• Salary and academic rank (tenure track or fixed term) commensurate with experience and academic background
• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance
• Additional supplemental insurance benefits options – Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Administrative experience running a residency training program
• Experience in medical education
• Experience in working collaboratively with other mental health professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team

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