Neurology Physician - UNC Specialty Care at Chatham Park

UNC Health Specialty Care at Chatham Park in Pittsboro, NC is hiring a Neurologist (MD/DO)!

UNC Health Specialty Care at Chatham Park will provide expert care and consultation for both adults and children. It is a community-based specialty practice that provides comprehensive care. Rheumatology, Endocrinology, and Cardiology are also part of the practice.

Services:

• General neurology
• Consultations and physical exams
• Infusion and physical exams
• Infusion (IV) therapy
• Skin, muscle, and nerve samples (biopsies)
• Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections (migraine treatment)
• Clot-buster mediation for stroke
• Lumbar punctures
• Electroencephalography
• Electromyography

Conditions:

Stroke and Cerebrovascular (brain/blood vessel) diseases

Movement disorders and Parkinson’s disease

Neurodegenerative disorders and dementia

Nerve pain that causes pain, numbness, and weakness (neuropathy)

Headaches

Seizures

Epilepsy

Sleep disorders

Multiple sclerosis

Stroke care

Memory and cognitive disorders

Practice Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm

Job Qualifications:

• Graduation from accredited school of medicine (MD/DO)
• BE/BC Neurology
• NC State License, DEA License, BLS/ACLS certification preferred
• FCVS profile preferred for those without NC license but not required
• Previous experience required

The more than 90 practices and over 300 providers of UNC Physicians Network are providing a full range of primary care and specialty services to people in 14 counties throughout North Carolina. Through operational support that helps each practice provide complete care to patients, UNCPN makes the expertise and empathy of the UNC Health Care system available to more of North Carolina.

High-quality health care begins with high-caliber people. Our steadfast commitment to the health of our community begins within. If you seek an environment that promotes excellence, leadership, and autonomy in clinical practice, then a career with UNCPN may be for you. Physician practices affiliated with UNCPN are offering opportunities for employment.

Other Information

**Other information:
Education Requirements:
● Meets the Board Certification requirements. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Board Certified Internal Medicine
● DEA;ACLS;MD
Professional Experience Requirements:
● Prefer prior hospitalist 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 in order to diagnosis medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

North Carolina Medical License, DEA License, BLS/ACLS certification preferred. Board certified in Internal Medicine.

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.