Description
Position: Family Medicine with Surgical Obstetrics, Faculty Physician/Clinician Educator
Department: UNC Department of Family Medicine
Location: Chatham Hospital, Siler City, NC
Type: Full-time Permanent
Highlights
- Join an experienced team of physicians (FM and OBGYN) and midwives
- Faculty rank and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience
- Excellent UNC faculty benefits include paid leave, retirement plans, and clinical incentive pay
Responsibilities
- Clinical: Cover labor & delivery including surgical coverage. Additional duties may include hospitalist work, continuity clinic, or specialty clinics, depending on qualifications.
- Teaching & Education: Opportunity to work with a diverse faculty and train future healthcare providers for underserved populations
- Research: Encouraged to develop scholarly interest and produce scholarly work (e.g., national presentations, manuscript submissions every 1-2 years).
- Supervision: Likely to supervise Advanced Practice Providers
- Institutional Citizenship: Improve access, cost, quality, and health outcomes. Engage in community outreach, attend professional events to assist with program and relationship development, and maintain timely documentation and satisfaction metrics.
Requirements
- MD or DO required
- Board Certified/Board Eligible in Family Medicine
- Completed ACGME-approved 3-year family medicine residency with strong perinatal healthcare training
- Fellowship training in operative obstetrics is mandatory
- Desirable: Additional fellowship training and/or an advanced degree (e.g. MPH)
About the Organization
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a leader in teaching, research, and public service, consistently ranked among top public universities.
UNC Health Chatham is a 25-bed critical access hospital with maternity care service entirely staffed by UNC Department of Family Medicine faculty physicians. UNC Health Chatham, delivering 240 babies in 2025, has been recognized by the U.S. News & World Report 2026 list of the nation’s “Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.”
About the Community
Siler City is centrally located in Chatham County, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. The area offers easy access to mountains and beaches and is known for its livability and culture.
Contact
Cindy Leonard | Physician Recruiter
cell (336) 736-6382
Email: cindy.leonard@unchealth.unc.edu
No Recruitment Firm Solicitation
Job Details
Legal Employer: STATE
Entity: Chatham Hospital
Organization Unit: Network Physician Recruitment
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Siler City
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
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.
