ECU Health Physicians, The Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center, and ECU Health Beaufort Hospital located in Washington, North Carolina, are seeking a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant experience to join their expanding service line. New graduate NNP or PNP-AC applicants will be considered. Physician Assistant applicants must have at least 2 years of NICU experience.

Job Details:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Beaufort Hospital, a 142-bed community hospital and at nearby Maynard Children’s Hospital located at ECU Health Medical Center
• Opportunity due to programmatic expansion
• Established team inclusive of 2 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner’s and 1 Physician
• Excellent opportunity for autonomy and providing high-quality rural healthcare
• Clinical responsibilities when providing coverage will include rounding and coordination of care from admission to discharge for all newborn patients, attendance all at risk deliveries, and participation in the resuscitation, stabilization, and transfer of critically ill neonates as needed
• Procedures will include Intubation, UVC/UAC placement, surfactant administration, needle decompression, chest tube placement/removal, peripheral arterial puncture, peripheral arterial cannulation, PICC insertion, ventricular reservoir tap, and lumbar puncture
• Transfer support provided by ECU Health Medical Center
• Initial and ongoing competencies maintained through intermittent rotations at the Maynard Children’s Hospital, the tertiary care center for all children in eastern North Carolina, hosting a level IV NICU, level I pediatric trauma program, and all subspecialist coverage
• Schedule includes an average of (12) 24-hour unrestricted shifts per month, with quarterly return to the Children’s Hospital for continued competency
• Competitive Compensation and Comprehensive Benefits to include: Administrative Stipend, Relocation, PTO, Malpractice/Tail Coverage, 401k matching/457, Medical, Dental & Vision, Disability & Life Insurance.

Applicant Requirements:

• PNP-AC, NNP—will consider new graduates
• Physician Assistant- At least 2 years of NICU Experience
• NC RN licensure & NC Nurse Practitioner or NC licensure as a Physician Assistant
• National Board Certification as a NNP, PNP-AC, or as PA required, including maintenance
• 2+ years of experience in health care setting
• Applicants will be required to have BLS certification from The American Heart Association

ECU Health Beaufort Hospital in Washington, NC is a 142-bed full-service hospital with an active medical staff of more than 50 physicians representing 20+ specialties, as well as more than 600 nurses, technicians and support staff. The hospital offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services including medical, surgical, intensive care, emergency, pulmonology, orthopedics, urology, cardiology, and women’s services. In addition there is a lab, diagnostic imaging services, physical and respiratory therapy. ECU Health Beaufort also features the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center, offering leading-edge chemotherapy and radiation therapy, among other cancer services.

The Maynard Children’s Hospital, located on the campus of ECU Health Medical Center, is designed to care for children from newborns to 18 years of age (and up to 21 years of age is patient is being followed by a pediatric physician). The 206,499 square foot 198-bed facility provides highly specialized services including a pediatric intensive care (PICU), neonatal intensive care (NICU), kids immunosuppressed specialty unit (KISU), specialty care nursery, mother-baby unit, pediatric ECMO services, 24/7 children’s emergency department, acute dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), pediatric radiology, pediatric rehabilitation, general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and craniofacial surgery. The James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center is a designated Children’s Miracle Network hospital, placing it among the nation’s top children’s facilities.

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 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 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.

Washington is a small town that honors its historic traditions while embracing the future. It features one of the state’s largest commercial and residential historic districts, featuring stunning antebellum homes and buildings. It’s located on the Tar and Pamlico rivers, serving as a gateway to the second largest estuary on the East Coast. Health care is an important industry in Washington and the surrounding area in addition to PCS Phosphate, Hackney Industries, Weyerhaeuser and Fountain Powerboats.

• Beautiful waterfront community
• Located in the heart of the Inner Banks on the beautiful Pamlico Sound
• Only 20 miles east of Greenville, NC and 70 miles from the spectacular Crystal Coast beaches
• Flourishing waterfront downtown district offers unique, world-class restaurants, intriguing shops, art galleries and more
• Desirable climate with mild winters and all 4 seasons – ideal for outdoor enthusiasts
• Provides diverse and affordable housing, including waterfront homes and land
• A number of school options including public, charter, parochial and private
• Parks & Recreation Department offers a youth sports complex with baseball, softball and soccer fields, an aquatic and fitness center, waterfront parks and boat launching facilities