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Hiring Range:
Dependent on Experience and Qualifications
Department:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - 412013
Posting Open Date:
09/25/2025
Open Until Filled:
Yes
Position Type:
Permanent Faculty
Working Title:
Open Rank Neonatologist
Appointment Type:
Fixed Term Faculty
Vacancy ID:
FAC0005637
Full-time/Part-time:
Full-Time Permanent
Hours Per Week:
40
Fte:
1
Position Location:
North Carolina, US
Proposed Start Date:
06/01/2026
Our mission is to improve the health and well‑being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond. Education: We prepare tomorrow's healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team‑oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce. Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary The Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) / North Carolina Children’s Hospital is seeking an individual for a 1.0 FTE, fixed term, open rank, physician faculty position in the Division of Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine to provide clinical care and contribute to our other missions. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and academic accomplishments. The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is part of a quaternary care medical center with a 74‑bed multidisciplinary Neonatal Critical Care Center (NCCC) that admits over 1,100 patients per year and supports active pediatric general surgery, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, newborn airway programs, as well as being the referral center for central and eastern North Carolina. The Division of Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine currently consists of 20 faculty members and 8 fellows who are part of a fully accredited Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program. NIH‑funded research projects include the ELGAN‑ECHO Study and participation in the NICHD Global Health Network, the Neonatal Research Network, the Pediatric Trials Network, and investigation focused on neonatal intestinal inflammation.
Minimum Education And Experience Requirements The successful candidate will be board certified/board eligible in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine with training and experience in clinical neonatology.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience This full‑time faculty position will be committed to patient care and contribute to our academic missions of research and medical education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement is expected for all faculty within the Division.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities Not Applicable.
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Hiring Range:
Dependent on Experience and Qualifications
Department:
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - 412013
Posting Open Date:
09/25/2025
Open Until Filled:
Yes
Position Type:
Permanent Faculty
Working Title:
Open Rank Neonatologist
Appointment Type:
Fixed Term Faculty
Vacancy ID:
FAC0005637
Full-time/Part-time:
Full-Time Permanent
Hours Per Week:
40
Fte:
1
Position Location:
North Carolina, US
Proposed Start Date:
06/01/2026
Our mission is to improve the health and well‑being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research. Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond. Education: We prepare tomorrow's healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team‑oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce. Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary The Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) / North Carolina Children’s Hospital is seeking an individual for a 1.0 FTE, fixed term, open rank, physician faculty position in the Division of Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine to provide clinical care and contribute to our other missions. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and academic accomplishments. The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is part of a quaternary care medical center with a 74‑bed multidisciplinary Neonatal Critical Care Center (NCCC) that admits over 1,100 patients per year and supports active pediatric general surgery, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, newborn airway programs, as well as being the referral center for central and eastern North Carolina. The Division of Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine currently consists of 20 faculty members and 8 fellows who are part of a fully accredited Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program. NIH‑funded research projects include the ELGAN‑ECHO Study and participation in the NICHD Global Health Network, the Neonatal Research Network, the Pediatric Trials Network, and investigation focused on neonatal intestinal inflammation.
Minimum Education And Experience Requirements The successful candidate will be board certified/board eligible in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neonatal‑Perinatal Medicine with training and experience in clinical neonatology.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience This full‑time faculty position will be committed to patient care and contribute to our academic missions of research and medical education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement is expected for all faculty within the Division.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities Not Applicable.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
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