LOCUMS BC Ophthalmologist Needed in Greenville, NC

ECU Health Physicians is seeking a BC Ophthalmologist that lives in North Carolina to help provide call coverage for their team at ECU Health Medical Center.  Provider will need to come in the day before scheduled for orientation.

Coverage Need:  2024

September 17, 8AM – September 24, 8AM

  Details:

• Will need to evaluate all hospital and ED consults, including evaluation and surgical treatment of trauma
• Inpatient and outpatient only
• 24-call
• Provider must be within 20 minutes within ECU Health Medical Center while on call
• EPIC trained preferred
• Anticipated volumes/day: 5-8
• Average patients/provider:  5-6
• Provider will not respond to codes
• No ICU/Critical Care duties
• List of required procedures:  repair ruptured globe, repair eyelid lacerations, remove corneal foreign body

ECU Health Medical Center
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, Vidant Medical Center has been designated a Magnet® facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Greenville, NC
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

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.

For more information, please contact Joyce Best at (252) 847-6044 or Joyce.Best@ecuhealth.org.

For more information, please contact Cassandra Bryant at (252) 847-6756 or Cassandra.Bryant@ecuhealth.org