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Infectious Disease Physician (MD/DO) - UNC Health Rex

Join a well-established Infectious Disease team consisting of 3 physicians and 2 advanced practice providers in a dynamic, high-acuity healthcare setting in North Carolina's capital city.

Practice Highlights

• Diverse mix of inpatient and outpatient Infectious Disease care

• Providers manage approximately 12-20 inpatients daily

• Dedicated weekly clinic day, typically seeing 7 patients, with additional clinic sessions available based on patient volume

• Collaborative team environment with strong APP support

Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

• Shared weekend coverage with the physician team

• Post-call recovery time provided following weekend coverage

Teaching & Academic Opportunities

• Work with rotating medical students

• Participate in fellow case conferences

• Optional research opportunities available through UNC

Qualifications

• Experienced physicians and new graduates are encouraged to apply

• Must be BC/BE in Infectious Disease

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

This position offers exposure to a highly interesting and challenging spectrum of Infectious Disease pathology in a high-acuity community setting, including:

• Care of immunocompromised oncology patients at a comprehensive cancer center

• Consultative management of transplant-related infectious disease cases from a neighboring academic center

• Travel-related infections from an internationally diverse patient population

• Complex multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections and other challenging infectious disease conditions

This is an excellent opportunity for an Infectious Disease physician seeking a broad, intellectually stimulating practice with a strong clinical team and access to academic and teaching opportunities in the vibrant Raleigh, North Carolina area.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional medical services to patients, both in-person and in a virtual setting.

• Exercises independent professional judgment in the care and treatment of patients.

• Orders and prescribes medical treatment, diagnostic testing, nursing care and other health and medical services. Prescribes medically appropriate pharmaceuticals.

• Consults and counsels with patients and families. Provides health and medical education to patients and families.

• Refers patients as needed to appropriate medical specialists and other health care professionals to ensure appropriate multidisciplinary care is provided.

• Documents medical and clinical care in the patient's medical record. Assigns the appropriate diagnostic and procedural codes to permit third-party insurance billing.

• Supervises other medical professionals.

• Adheres to the principles of medical ethics.

UNC Rex Hospital

Founded in 1894, UNC REX Healthcare (a member of UNC Health Care) is a private, not-for-profit health care system that joined UNC Health Care in 2000. In addition to a 660-bed facility in Raleigh, UNC Rex also offers a range of health care services at locations across Wake County. These include 5 wellness centers, 6 suburban campuses, freestanding outpatient diagnostic urgent care and surgery centers, and 2 skilled nursing facilities focusing on rehabilitation and long-term nursing care.

Recruiter: Tina McBee, tina.mcbee@unchealth.unc.edu

Education Requirements:
? Meeting the Board Certification in Infectious Disease required. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
? Board Certified Infectious Diseases
? DEA; BLS; MD/DO, NCMB
Professional Experience Requirements:
? Prefer prior inpatient experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
? Language Skills: Should be able to communicate proficiently in English.

REASONING ABILITY

High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, kneel, bend and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. A physician generally works in a medical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasoning Ability: High-level quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills are essential in order to diagnose medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.