PA Spine Neurosurgery Opportunity in Greenville, NC

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ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Neurosurgery and Spine Center-Greenville are seeking a Physician Assistant to join their growing practice in Greenville, North Carolina. ECU Health’s Neurosurgery team consists of 11 physicians and 10 advanced practice providers. The successful candidate will work with the director of ECU Health’s minimally invasive spine surgery program. New graduates will be considered. Experienced candidates are preferred.

Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center - a 974-bed academic medical center
• Privileges at the ECU Health Surgicenter
• Ability to work with an experienced spine surgeon
• Monday – Friday, 7 am – 5 pm schedule with some call as needed
• Inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities will include first assist with attending surgeon, inpatient rounds, and seeing patients in an outpatient clinic setting
• Established neuroscience team of 11 neurosurgeons, including 2 dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeons, an interventional neurologist, inpatient stroke neurologists, 4 neurointensivists, neurologists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants
• ECU Health Medical Center is home to a newly expanded 24-bed NSICU as well as a large rehab center providing both inpatient and outpatient support to neurology patients
• Dedicated team of NSICU NP/PA’s providing 24/7 coverage
• Over 1,100 neurosurgical cases performed annually to include complex spine, cerebrovascular surgery and brain tumor resections  
• Applicants will be required to have BLS certification from The American Heart Association

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.

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center is a 974-bed tertiary referral center providing acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people. In recognition of its nursing excellence and high-quality patient care, ECU Health Medical Center has been designated a Magnet® facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10^th 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

If you, or a colleague, is interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Leslie Brown at (252)375-6472 or Leslie.Brown2@ecuhealth.org.