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If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite Physicians to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and progressive visionaries together.
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Child Protection Team is seeking a dynamic BC/BE Child Abuse Pediatrician to complement their team. The physician will serve as a key member of a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, conducting assessments of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect cases. They will provide services at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC and its outpatient Child Advocacy Centers, primarily Turning Point’s Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center in Monroe, NC.
Position details:
- Team consists of 2 full-time and 2 part time Child Abuse Pediatricians as well as 2 full time, and 3 PRN Advance Practice Providers (APPs) between the regional CACs, plus excellent clinical support staff
- Physician will provide inpatient and ambulatory clinical care in subspecialty area with the evaluation and management of infants and children for suspected child abuse and neglect
- Affiliation with four Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) within the region: The Pediatric Resource Center at Pat’s Place (Mecklenburg County), Atrium Health Levine Children’s Jeff Gordon Children’s Center CAC (Cabarrus County), Butterfly House Children’s Advocacy Center (Stanly, Anson, Montgomery, Scotland, and Richmond Counties), and Turning Point’s Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center (Union County).
- Opportunity for research and continued program development
- Multidisciplinary Teams includes members of law enforcement, the Department of Social Services, local mental health providers, the District Attorney’s office, and the CAC’s Directors, forensic Interviewers and Victim Advocates/Social Workers, and Community Educators.
- Teaching opportunities as Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital is teaching hospital with 36 General Pediatric Residents
- Hospital-employed position offering comprehensive benefits package with exceptional retirement benefits
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) has 4 pediatric hospitalist teams, a 20-bed PICU (including cardiac ICU), an 85-bed NICU, and an inpatient pediatric rehabilitation facility. LCH hosts a premier Pediatrics Residency Program, serves as a teaching hospital for students of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and offers excellent support for clinical research and quality improvement. Additionally, Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, including Wake Forest School of Medicine, officially joined together as a single enterprise, Atrium Health. Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest School of Medicine will become the academic core of Atrium Health, building a second campus of the school of medicine in Charlotte, expected to open in 2024. The growth of the school of medicine will expand existing academic research capabilities in a way that expands opportunities for clinical trials across a large, diverse market with some of the nation’s leading medical experts. LCH has repeatedly been ranked amount he Best Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, most recently in eight pediatric specialties for 2021-2022.
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.
Responsibilities
- The physician will serve as a key member of a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, conducting assessments of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect cases. They will provide services at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC and its outpatient Child Advocacy Centers, primarily Turning Point’s Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center in Monroe, NC.
- Physician will provide inpatient and ambulatory clinical care in subspecialty area with the evaluation and management of infants and children for suspected child abuse and neglect
- Opportunity for research and continued program development
- Teaching opportunities as Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital is teaching hospital with 36 General Pediatric Residents
Qualifications
- BC/BE in Pediatrics
- Fellowship trained in Child Abuse Pediatrician
Application Process
Please contact Sean Hannigan at sean.hannigan@atriumhealth.org, or visit our Atrium Health careers page and apply at careers.atriumhealth.org
About the Organization
Atrium Health is one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare organizations. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, it includes 50 hospitals (40 hospitals in the Carolinas and in Georgia) and over 1400 care locations, with more than 70,000 employees, including 3,100 physicians. Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC, provides an unmatched level of expert care in more than 30 areas of pediatric medicine. U.S. News & World Report has named Levine Children’s Hospital a Best Children’s Hospital for many years, and it is the only children’s hospital in the region to make the list. Levine Children’s Hospital was recognized in eight specialties in their most recent rankings (2022-2023). As the most comprehensive children’s hospital between Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC, we treat more pediatric patients per day than any other hospital in North Carolina. LCH has 236 beds with services across more than 30 pediatric specialties, with 167 pediatric specialists, and 145 general pediatricians in the network based in southern and western North Carolina.
Contact Name
Sean Hannigan
Contact Phone
Contact Email
sean.hannigan@atriumhealth.org
