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Psychiatry and Psychology Opportunities

Advance your behavioral health career in beautiful North Carolina
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Come for the opportunities.
Stay for the lifestyle.

To support the growing need for accessible mental health care in our communities, ECU Health Physicians is expanding. We are looking for behavioral health providers to join our established practices across eastern North Carolina, as well as our new behavioral health hospital that opened in December 2025.

Choosing a career with ECU Health means joining a progressive, physician-led health system at the forefront of evidence-based medicine and patient-centered care. Our employed provider group is comprised of over 1,200 academic and community providers practicing in over 220 primary and specialty clinics across more than 120 locations.

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Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: Fellowship-trained, BE/BC child & adolescent psychiatrist interested in an academic appointment with oversight of up to two residents on a 24-bed inpatient unit at a new, state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital.

New graduates and 2027 visa candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Academic Geriatric Psychiatry

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: Fellowship-trained, BC/BE geriatric psychiatrist interested in a role with outpatient and inpatient responsibilities, and opportunities to develop a nursing home consultation service and/or serve as program director for a new geriatric fellowship.

New graduates and 2027 visa candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Perinatal/Reproductive Psychiatry

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC perinatal/reproductive psychiatrist with psychiatry or OB/GYN residency training and a reproductive or perinatal fellowship seeking a position with an expanding, multidisciplinary department.

New graduates and 2027 visa candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Inpatient Neuropsychology

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC clinical neuropsychologist with a doctoral degree in psychology, two years of postdoctoral training and expertise in adult inpatient neurodiagnostic evaluation, with a desire to provide inpatient care on an 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday schedule.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Adult Telepsychiatry

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC adult psychiatrist with experience providing telepsychiatry services and in emergency psychiatry, interested in providing virtual psychiatric assessments and consultations through NC-STeP, a statewide network of 29 hospitals and 22 clinics.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Inpatient Adult Psychiatry

Ahoskie, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC adult inpatient psychiatrist seeking a position with a seven on/seven off schedule in a freestanding 20-bed behavioral health unit.

New graduates and 2027 visa candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC child & adolescent psychiatrist seeking a full-time role as an assistant or associate professor that offers a blend of clinical care, teaching and scholarly activities.

New graduates and visa candidates encouraged to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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Addiction Psychiatry/Medicine

Greenville, NC

Ideal candidate: BE/BC adult psychiatrist with a primary clinical focus of addiction medicine seeking a role with outpatient and inpatient clinical responsibilities, as well as opportunities to supervise addiction and psychiatry residents.

New graduates and visa candidates are welcome to apply.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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PA/Psychiatric Mental Health NP

Nags Head, NC

Ideal candidate: Physician assistant or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with at least three years of experience and an interest in providing behavioral health care in a collaborative care model with primary care providers.

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.
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ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital

ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital dedicated to providing comprehensive mental health care for patients of all ages. The facility is located less than one mile from ECU Health Medical Center – our academic Level I Trauma Center – and opened in December 2025.
  • 144-bed inpatient psychiatric care facility
  • Treatments for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and more
  • Coming soon: 24 inpatient beds dedicated to children and adolescents – the only such beds within 75 miles
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it’s the key to our success.

You belong where you can make a difference.

ECU Health Behavioral Health is a multidisciplinary group of academic and community providers working together to help the people of eastern North Carolina live their healthiest lives. Their best lives.
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More than 45 employed physicians and advanced practice providers
Nine hospitals, plus a state-of-the-art, 144-bed behavioral health hospital
11 outpatient clinics across eastern
North Carolina
More than 1.4 million people served across our 29-county system of care
A sense of mutual respect and mindfulness permeates our culture-in fact, it's the key to our success.

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Why ECU Health?

Our large catchment area, built-in referral networks and complex patient population combined with an excellent work-life balance attract providers to the ECU Health system.

When you work at ECU Health, you’re choosing a system that’s known for innovation, groundbreaking technology and advanced treatments. A system that’s nationally recognized by reputable medical publications, top ranked in many competitive fields and known for our commitment to quality and patient satisfaction – and where we celebrate the people who make us great.
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