Adolescent Medicine Specialist
About The Position
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina seeks to hire an Adolescent Medicine physician to join the Adolescent Medicine Section within the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (GPAM). This is an open-rank, fixed-term faculty position in the School of Medicine. The section comprises board-certified Adolescent Medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, LCSWs, and pediatricians focused on adolescent health. The role involves providing outpatient care in Raleigh and/or Chapel Hill clinical settings, with potential for inpatient consultative care as the section expands. Additional opportunities include providing medical care at youth detention centers and a youth psychiatric inpatient facility. The section also collaborates in a Hematology-Adolescent Medicine clinic for reproductive healthcare for patients with bleeding disorders and other hematologic issues, and with the UNC Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders. There are also opportunities to expand to other outpatient specialty collaborative clinics. The GPAM division is recognized for its research and teaching excellence, with division-wide research focusing on social and contextual factors on health, childhood adversity, and health inequities. Research interests within the Adolescent Medicine section include telehealth impact on adolescent consent and confidentiality, adolescent-friendly contraceptive decision-making tools, factors affecting reproductive health autonomy, global health and HIV prevention, and eating disorders quality improvement and treatment outcomes. Opportunities for broader adolescent health research exist through the Gillings School of Public Health and the Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Faculty may also engage in medical education, including teaching medical students and residents, curriculum oversight, and rotation supervision. The GPAM division is one of the largest in the Department of Pediatrics and includes Primary Care and Child Maltreatment. The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area offers a high quality of life, good job markets, schools, and climate, with proximity to mountains and beaches.
Requirements
- Board-certified or board-eligible in Adolescent Medicine.
- Faculty appointment in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in medical education.
- Contributions to academic scholarship.
Responsibilities
- Provide outpatient care at Raleigh and/or Chapel Hill clinical settings.
- Provide inpatient consultative care on an as-needed basis.
- Provide medical care at youth detention centers.
- Provide medical care at a youth psychiatric inpatient facility.
- Collaborate in a Hematology-Adolescent Medicine clinic.
- Collaborate with the UNC Center for Excellence for Eating Disorders.
- Potentially expand to other outpatient specialty collaborative clinics.
- Engage in medical education efforts, such as medical student and resident teaching.
- Participate in curriculum oversight.
- Supervise rotations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
