Description

UNC Health Lenoir is seeking a Board Eligible/Board Certified General Cardiologist to join UNC Cardiology at Lenoir, located in eastern North Carolina. This is an employed, full-time opportunity with a growing cardiology program and strong institutional support. This position will play a key role in establishing and expanding general cardiology services for a community with significant patient need, with the opportunity to work closely alongside interventional cardiology colleagues.

Financial & Benefits Package

• Competitive guaranteed base salary with RVU production bonus and quality incentive
• Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance

Qualifications

• Board Eligible or Board Certified in General Cardiology
• Interest in program growth and building a community-based cardiology practice strongly desired
• Open to experienced physicians or new graduates with strong institutional support

Practice

• Outpatient-focused General Cardiology practice with inpatient consult coverage
• Collaboration with Interventional Cardiology for procedural and STEMI-related care
• 14 days of call coverage, shared with UNC cardiology partners and community providers
• No in-house call required
• Join a collegial team including Interventional and Non-Invasive Cardiologists, with APP support and plans to expand APP coverage
• APPs manage their own clinic panels and support inpatient consults
• New cath lab opening March 2026, supporting comprehensive cardiovascular care
• No onsite CV surgery; established transfer agreement with ECU Health in Greenville
• Typical schedule includes clinic-based practice, manageable daily patient volumes, and protected administrative time

Kinston & Eastern North Carolina

Kinston offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a rural, underserved community while enjoying a collaborative medical environment and strong UNC Health backing. Physicians can quickly establish themselves, build a loyal patient base, and help shape the future of cardiovascular care in the region. The area provides easy access to Raleigh, an international airport, and North Carolina?s coast, along with strong private school options and a relaxed coastal lifestyle-ideal for those with ties to eastern North Carolina or a love of the beach.

Please Contact

Tina McBee, tina.mcbee@unchealth.unc.edu | UNC Health Network Development Specialist

keywords: general cardiology, cardiology, cardiologist, cardio, cardiac

Other information:
Education Requirements:

• Meeting the Board Certification Requirements. Graduation from an accredited school of medicine and completion of a ACGME certified fellowship program.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Board Certified in Specialty
• DEA; MD
• ACLS

Professional Experience Requirements:

• Prefer prior experience in Cardiology.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Language Skills: Should be able to communicate proficiently in English. 

Reasoning Ability: high-level quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills required to diagnose and treat patients. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

• NC medical license, DEA License, BLS/ACLS certification required. 
• Board certification in cardiology 

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use their hands, hear, and talk. The employee will need to stand, walk, kneel, bend, and reach with their hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, The ability to lift up to 25 pounds is required. Work Environment: The work environment is a general medical office/hospital setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit: UNC Cardiology at Lenoir

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Kinston

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

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.

About UNC Health

UNC Health is charting a new course for the organization, one that reflects our aspirations, values and the high expectations customers have in today’s healthcare marketplace. These changes will help the organization adopt business and medical practices that will help us become a more responsive, customer-focused, integrated healthcare system. UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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