Burn Surgeon

About the role

The Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina is seeking applications for a full-time academic surgeon to join the Division of Burn Surgery at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center. The Burn division is expanding the clinical enterprise to include complex wounds. This new position is structured as a dual clinical role, with 50%-75% effort in complex wound care and 25%-50% effort in burns, including critical care.

Responsibilities

• Complex Wound Care (0.5 FTE – 0.75 FTE): The complex wound care component includes both inpatient consultation and outpatient wound management, with scope and emphasis shaped by the candidate’s expertise and interests. This practice may include, but is not limited to, surgical wounds, pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, soft tissue defects, and complex non-healing wounds. This is a new program and the allocated effort will increase over time.
• Burn Surgery (0.25 FTE – 0.5 FTE): The burn surgery component will emphasize acute burn care, including burn critical care, reconstruction, including operative management of hypertrophic scarring, contractures, chronic wounds related to burn injury, and functional restoration. Responsibilities include inpatient burn care, operative intervention, and outpatient follow-up. Burn call responsibility is estimated to be one week every five weeks.
• Participation in the care of critically ill burn patients
• Active involvement in the burn fellowship and resident education programs

Requirements

• MD/DO Prospective candidates must Board Certified/Board Eligible in General Surgery and/or Plastic Surgery AND Surgical Critical Care. Must either have a current North Carolina Medical License or be eligible for application.

Qualifications

• The ideal applicant will have a focused and demonstrated interest or experience in burn reconstruction and complex wound management.