Job Description
Location Facility: ECU Health / BSOM Address Greenville, NC Landing Page Opportunity Criteria Specialty: Academic Psychiatry : Perinatal Candidate Type: MD, DO Visas Accepted: J-1 or H-1B Loan Repayment: Not Specified Salary Range: Not Specified Employment Type: Full Time Bonus Offered: None Firm Status Accepting Candidates from Search Firms Academic Perinatal / Reproductive Psychiatry Opportunity in Greenville, NC ECU Health Physicians and East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a BE/BC Perinatal /Reproductive Psychiatrist. Applicants should have completed a psychiatry or obstetrics/gynecology residency as well as a reproductive or perinatal fellowship. New graduates and 2027 visa candidates are encouraged to apply. The new ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital, a144-bed behavioral health facility has opened as of December 2025. With an affordable cost of living, mild winters and close proximity to the North Carolina Coast, Greenville is an excellent place to call home. Highlights Include Employment by ECU Health Physicians Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center and home to the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital, and at the nearby ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital Academic appointment with East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine Excellent blend of clinical care, teaching, and scholarly activities Inpatient services will include providing consults for the ECU Health Medical Center’s emergency department, labor and delivery unit, and behavioral health unit Outpatient services will include providing care in both ECU Health’s behavioral health and obstetrics gynecology clinics for prenatal and perinatal patients Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm schedule for both outpatient and inpatient clinical responsibilities Phone only call coverage for nights and weekends-residents take first call Ability to work with an expanding multi-disciplinary and collegial department including an ob/gyn addiction trained liaison and the ability to do consults, manage medication for labor and delivery and ob/gyn clinics Competitive Compensation and Comprehensive Benefits to include: Administrative Stipend, Relocation, Paid Vacation, Sick, & Holidays, Malpractice/Tail Coverage, 401k matching/457, Medical, Dental, & Vision, Disability & Life Insurance Opportunities exist for student loan repayment from the North Carolina Medical Society and The North Carolina Office of Rural Health. For more information, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or by email Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org . ECU Health ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy. This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between. ECU Health Medical Center ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center is a 974-bed tertiary referral center providing acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 mi