Open Rank Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician

Company: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Position Summary As a top-tier academic medical center, UNC Children’s upholds a four-tiered mission to CARE , aligning clinical care, advocacy, research, and education to deliver world-class family-centered care. The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is the clinical home of UNC Children’s which has 150 inpatient beds including: 72-bed inpatient unit, 8-bed Children’s Short-Stay Unit, 64-bed Newborn Critical Care Center and a 20-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Our multidisciplinary experts work in satellite clinics across the state and deliver state of the art tertiary care at UNC Children’s. The Department of Pediatrics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC )/ North Carolina Children’s Hospital is seeking an individual to join its growing team of 14 faculty, 6 fellows and 2 Advanced Practice Providers as an Open Rank, fixed-term faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The North Carolina Children’s Hospital is part of a busy quaternary care medical center with a 20-bed multidisciplinary PICU / PCICU that admits over 1200 patients per year and supports an active pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program as well as pediatric ECMO , burn, trauma, solid organ and bone marrow transplantation programs. The unit is functionally split into an 8 bed PCICU and a 12 bed PICU with the ability to flex based upon patient numbers, with expected expansion to a dedicated 16 bed separate PCICU in the next 24 months, for a total of 36 pediatric critical care beds. The Critical Care Medicine division maintains a fully accredited pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program with 24 hour/7 day a week fellow coverage. UNC offers ready access to collaborators in other clinical and basic science departments, global and public health, public policy and other expertise across campus. UNC is a National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) Clinical and Translational Science Award ( CTSA ) funded institution that offers support for clinical and translational researchers at all levels. This support includes seed funding, regulatory assistance, data management, drug/device development and grant preparation among other things. The physician will be expected to cover the pediatric intensive care unit including nights and weekends. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care experience in addition to Pediatric Critical Care experience is highly desirable as, at times, physicians will be expected to cover both units. This pediatric intensivist will be committed to patient care, research and education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement would match well with current divisional activities. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training, experience, and academic accomplishments. Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience The ideal candidate should have extensive experience with pediatric moderate and deep sedation either through a separate service line or through direct clinical experience in the PICU .

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