Division Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology

Overview

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina. We invite Pediatric Gastroenterology Physicians to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and progressive visionaries together in our Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition team at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, NC.

Atrium Health Levine Children’s is seeking a Division Chief for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.   The division currently includes 11 physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers and excellent support from registered nurses, outpatient registered dietitians and social workers in a collegial, friendly, and supportive environment.  Specialized services include hepatology and liver transplantation, neurogastroenterology and motility, IBD, intestinal rehabilitation/home parenteral nutrition, allergic GI disorders, feeding clinic, cystic fibrosis center and a weight management program.  Division physicians and staff are primarily at one of two campuses – Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) in Charlotte and the Jeff Gordon Children’s Center in Concord, NC.  Outreach clinics are also held in NC and SC counties in the greater Charlotte Metro region.  Ideal candidates would have the following characteristics: 

• Expert clinician with at least 10 years of experience.
• Successful track record of leadership and mentorship
• Board certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology
• Demonstrated commitment to clinical excellence, education and research development
•  Academic accomplishments that support appointment at an Associate or Full Professor
• Demonstrated commitment to collegiality and the highest standards of professionalism

Responsibilities include:

• Leadership and supervision of Division physicians, APPs and staff
• Oversight of outpatient satellite outreach clinics (6 currently with a 7th planned for 2021)
• Establishing and monitoring annual budgets
• Planning and executing clinical growth plans
• Program development and evaluation
• Participation in Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, and system committees and goals 
• Faculty development (leadership, clinical, academic)
• Education – medical students, pediatric residents, faculty and Peds GI staff
• Shared call and inpatient consult responsibilities balanced with outpatient clinics
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with Atrium Health partners caring for children needing peds GI care

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing—for all.