Job Summary
Job Description
ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Medical Center, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a board eligible or board certified Neurocritical Care physician to work as a Neurointensivist Nocturnist. Applicants should be fellowship trained in neurocritical care medicine and have knowledge and practical skills in neurologic diagnosis and management, neuroimaging, neurotrauma, stroke diagnosis and management, invasive monitoring, intra-cranial pressure management, as well as ventilator and hemodynamic management.
The successful candidate will join growing NSICU and Stroke teams and will provide care for critically ill patients with neurologic and neurosurgical illnesses in ECU Health Medical Center’s 24-bed NSICU along with Stroke team coverage.
ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed level 1 trauma facility, serves as the regional leader for Neurosciences and is the only Comprehensive Stroke Center in eastern North Carolina.
Greenville is located 80 miles east of Raleigh and 80 miles northwest of NC’s beautiful Crystal Coast.
Highlights include:
- Employment by ECU Health Physicians
- Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a level 1 trauma cente
- Join a program inclusive of 4 neurointensivists and 4 vascular neurologists
- Established neuroscience team of 10 neurosurgeons including 2 dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeons, an interventional neurologist, inpatient stroke neurologists, neurointensivists, neurologists and a large team of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
- Team of 11 dedicated NSICU advanced practice providers who provide 24/7 coverage and 4 dedicated Stroke advanced practice providers who provide daytime coverage
- Academic appointment with East Carolina University at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Professor
- ACGME neurology residency recently approved and to start in 2025
- Strong investment in technology including Gamma Knife, NeuroBlate, and RAPID
- Over 600 endovascular procedures performed annually to include Subarachnoid coilings
- Over 1000 neurological cases performed annually to include complex spine and brain tumor resections
- Over 1500 annual admissions with stroke as primary diagnosis
- Nationally recognized by Becker’s Healthcare as a top 100 program for neurosurgery
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, ECU Health Medical Center has been designated a Magnet® facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
ECU Health
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.
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.
Greenville, NC
Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10th 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! Find Yourself in Good Company!
- 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
General Information
It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.