Family Medicine OB Junior Faculty

Overview:

Cone Health Center for Women's Healthcare invites four Family Medicine doctors to join their OB/GYN Faculty Practice as Junior Faculty members. The team consists of 22 OB/GYNs, 17 certified Nurse Midwives, 5 Nurse Practitioners, and 2 Physician Assistants. They collaborate closely with Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists who operate an advanced OB specialty care unit within the facility.

The hospital serves as a training location for Family Medicine Residents participating in the Cone Health Family Medicine training program, alongside medical students from UNC-Chapel Hill, and students pursuing Physician Assistant and midwifery programs in the vicinity. With a substantial caseload, approximately 2800 deliveries are handled annually, catering to multiple counties and offering Level 3 NICU services. Fellows can anticipate gaining exposure and competence in overseeing various aspects of obstetrics, including labor management, prenatal care, diabetes, preterm labor, hypertensive pregnancy disorders, multiple pregnancies, placental irregularities, thyroid disorders, and other medical conditions impacting pregnancy.

The Women's & Children's Center at Moses Cone Hospital includes a dedicated Emergency Room that caters specifically to women seeking treatment for obstetrical and gynecological issues. Trainees will gain expertise in performing ultrasounds at the patient's bedside, identifying ectopic pregnancies, as well as diagnosing and addressing complications related to pregnancy at any stage. Acquiring these skills during training will be extremely beneficial when dealing with these common issues in future clinical practice.

Our clinical sites include:

• Center for Women's Healthcare at MedCenter for Women, where high, low risk obstetrics, annual exam, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, simple infertility workups, abnormal pap smear management are learned
• Center for Women's Healthcare at Femina, similar patient and volumes as above.
• Family Medicine Clinic, continuity patients shared with Dr. Pratt, work-ins, opportunity to precept FM residents in training.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at Stoney Creek.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at Kernersville.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at High Point.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at Renaissance.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at Family Tree.
• Center for Women's Healthcare at MedCenter Greensboro at Drawbridge Parkway.

Responsibilities:

• Manage team of residents and students on labor and delivery shifts.
• Evaluate and treat patients in clinics, approximately 10-12 per half day.
• Prepare and present didactic teaching sessions.
• Participate in rounds.
• Manage labor and delivery or maternity assessment unit on a mix of day, night, and weekend shifts.

Procedures:

• Vaginal Deliveries: approximately 200
• Cesarean Section: approximately 120-150
• Operative Deliveries: approximately 10-15
• Post-Partum Tubal Ligation: approximately 30
• D & C / D & E: variable depending on desire to learn
• Circumcision: 40-50
• Colposcopy: 40
• LEEP: approximately 15-20
• IUD insertions: > 30
• Endometrial Biopsies: >50

Requirements:

Send directly to:LaShanda.Jacobs@ConeHealth.com

• Successful completion of Family Practice Residency with good recommendations
• CV and Cover Letter
• Completed 80 vaginal deliveries
• Assisted on 10 cesarean sections
• 10 Circumcisions
• Procedure Logs
• Three (3) Letters of Recommendation

Salary and Benefits:

The fellow receives a salary of $68,250 (13-month contract).
Benefits include 22 days of sick, vacation, holiday, personal time, plus 5 days for CME, $1500 of CME funds, and occurrence malpractice.

Established in 1953, Cone Health operates as a 501c(3) nonprofit hospital system, delivering a wide range of healthcare services across six counties through various facilities including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, outpatient surgery centers, urgent care centers, a retirement community, over 145 physician practice sites, and multiple Centers of Excellence. Situated in Greensboro, the third most populous city in North Carolina, Cone Health has developed into one of the state's most extensive, inclusive, and reliable healthcare networks. Committed to adapting to the changing healthcare requirements of the community, the core objective of Cone Health is to enhance the well-being and accessibility of the population it serves.

LaShanda Jacobs

CONE HEALTH | Physician Recruitment