Adolescent Medicine Specialist
About The Position
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina seeks an Adolescent Medicine physician to join the Adolescent Medicine Section in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (GPAM). This is an open-rank, fixed-term faculty position in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. The section includes board-certified Adolescent Medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, LCSWs, and pediatricians with interests in adolescent health. The physician will provide outpatient care in Raleigh and/or Chapel Hill clinical settings. Inpatient consultative care is provided as needed, with plans to expand as the section grows. Opportunities may also include providing medical care at youth detention centers and a youth psychiatric inpatient facility; collaborating with Hematology-Adolescent Medicine and the UNC Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders; and developing additional outpatient specialty collaborations. The GPAM division has a productive research program and a record of teaching excellence. Division-wide research includes the effects of social and contextual factors on health, childhood adversity, and health inequities. Adolescent Medicine research interests include telehealth’s impact on adolescent consent and confidentiality, adolescent-friendly contraceptive decision-making tools, reproductive health autonomy, global health and HIV prevention, and eating-disorder quality improvement and treatment outcomes. The Gillings School of Public Health and the Sheps Center for Health Services Research offer additional opportunities for adolescent health research. Faculty may contribute to medical education through medical student and resident teaching, curriculum oversight, and rotation supervision.
Requirements
- Board-certified or board-eligible in Adolescent Medicine.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in medical education and/or contributions to academic scholarship.
Responsibilities
- Provide outpatient Adolescent Medicine care in Raleigh and/or Chapel Hill clinical settings.
- Provide inpatient consultative care on an as-needed basis.
- Potentially provide medical care at youth detention centers and a youth psychiatric inpatient facility.
- Collaborate in the Hematology-Adolescent Medicine clinic to provide reproductive healthcare for patients with possible bleeding disorders and other hematologic issues.
- Collaborate with the UNC Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders.
- Contribute to or develop additional outpatient specialty collaborative clinics.
- Potentially participate in medical student and resident teaching, curriculum oversight, and rotation supervision.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
