Open Rank Pediatric Critical Care Physician

Position Summary
The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is searching for a highly qualified and experienced pediatric critical care medicine physician with expertise in pediatric critical care medicine and pediatric cardiac critical care medicine to join our Division. This role offers the opportunity to be part of an expanding pediatric intensive care unit ( PICU ) and pediatric cardiac intensive care unit ( PCICU ). This individual will join UNCs growing team of 16 faculty 6 fellows and 5 Advanced Practice Providers as a fixed-term faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The physician may be expected to cover the PICU and PCICU including nights and weekends. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care experience in addition to Pediatric Critical Care experience is highly desirable. This pediatric intensivist will be committed to patient care research and education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement would match well with current divisional activities. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training experience and academic accomplishment. As a top-tier academic medical center UNC Childrens upholds a four-tiered mission to CARE aligning clinical care advocacy research and education to deliver world-class family-centered care. The North Carolina Childrens Hospital is the clinical home of UNC Childrens which has 150 inpatient beds including: 72-bed inpatient unit 8-bed Childrens Short-Stay Unit 64-bed Newborn Critical Care Center and a 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Our multidisciplinary experts work in satellite clinics across the state and deliver state of the art tertiary care at UNC Childrens. UNC offers ready access to collaborators in other clinical and basic science departments global and public health public policy and other expertise across campus. UNC is a National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) Clinical and Translational Science Award ( CTSA ) funded institution that offers support for clinical and translational researchers at all levels. This support includes seed funding regulatory assistance data management drug/device development and grant preparation among other things. The North Carolina Childrens Hospital is part of a busy quaternary care medical center with a 20 bed multidisciplinary PICU and a 13 bed PCICU (total of 33 ICU beds) that admits over 1200 patients per year and supports an active pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program as well as pediatric ECMO burn trauma solid organ and bone marrow transplantation programs. The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine division maintains a fully accredited pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program with 24 hour/7 day a week fellow coverage.

Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
The ideal candidate will have experience with pediatric critical care medicine and/or moderate and deep sedation either through a separate service line or through direct clinical experience in the PICU .