Physician Hospitalist - Competitive Salary

Company: UNC Health
Location: Wilmington
Posted on: March 17, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. UNC Health is seeking a Per Diem BC/BE Pediatric Physician to join our Pediatric Hospitalist practice at the large regional campus in Wilmington, NC. This multi-specialty practice and children’s hospital is part of an innovative partnership between UNC and Novant Health to provide specialty care to children from communities throughout southeastern and coastal NC. The Novant Health – New Hanover Regional Medical Center (NH-NHRMC) facility and Betty H. Cameron Women’s and Children’s Hospital is a full spectrum community-based, children’s hospital that serves as the tertiary care children’s hospital for southeastern NC. This position is a clinically focused position in a regional community children’s hospital with a strong connection to a large academic group and quaternary children’s hospital. Candidates must be BC/BE in General Pediatrics. Experience and BC/BE in Pediatric Hospital Medicine is preferred but not required. This is a per diem position, with the majority of clinical time dedicated to providing inpatient care services to newborns, children and adolescents including admission, subsequent care and discharge with in-house coverage 24/7. Newborn care includes circumcisions and does not include attending deliveries. Services extend to emergency department consultation and surgical co-management. Additional responsibilities include teaching and evaluating Family Medicine residents, UNC medical students and UNC Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows. This program currently has seven full-time hospitalists and five advanced practice practitioners who work with the hospitalist team in Wilmington to provide pediatric and newborn care. Depending on interest and experience, leadership opportunities with the group is available. At NH-NHRMC, there are approximately 4,200 deliveries per year and 2,700 admissions with referrals from multiple other centers in our region. All inpatients are admitted to the hospitalist service with consultation provided from subspecialists and surgeons as needed. The pediatric care at NH-NHRMC includes full spectrum specialty care including neonatology, pediatric surgery and anesthesia, pediatric critical care, cardiology, neurology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and other related specialties. There is an eight-bed pediatric intensive care unit and an eighteen-bed pediatric acute care floor. In total, there are over sixty faculty and advanced practice providers at this regional campus. This campus will have ongoing clinical expansion but also the UNC School of Medicine campus is growing and up to 60 medical students will be located here for 3rd and 4th years. The UNC-NH partnership is also making significant investments in research at the Wilmington campus. Wilmington, NC, is a charming, coastal city of ~125,000 people located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular destination because of its moderate, four-season climate, historic preservation district, annual cultural events, and numerous championship golf courses. The historic downtown offers a 1.75-mile riverwalk and the nearby Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure Beaches are all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington. Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Doctorate: MD or DO Pediatrics residency in accredited program Board certified/eligible General Pediatrics and/or Hospital Pediatrics Please send CVs to Laura Oakes at Laura.Oakes@unchealth.unc.edu Other Information Education, Licensure/Certification Requirements: Meeting the Board Certification requirements. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine. Board Certified in Pediatrics; MD/DO License in healthcare specialty DEA;MD;BLS Professional Experience Requirements: Prefer prior experience in Pediatrics. 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 in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: North Carolina Medical License, DEA License, BLS certification. Board certified in Pediatrics. 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 accommodation 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, 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. 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 reason skills are essential in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients. Job Details Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians Organization Unit: FP Pediatrics Statewide Wilmington Inpatient Passthrough Work Type: Per Diem Standard Hours Per Week: 4.00 Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Wilmington Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. 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.

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