As a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Cape Fear Valley Health System, you'll step into a role where your specialized expertise is not just valued—it's essential to the mental health of an underserved pediatric population. Your practice will primarily focus on outpatient care, where you'll provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and treatment planning for children and adolescents facing a wide spectrum of mental health challenges.
Each day in your practice brings the profound satisfaction of positively influencing young lives during their most formative years. You'll experience the gratification of seeing children progress toward emotional stability and developmental milestones through your specialized intervention, while building trusted relationships with families who depend on your guidance during challenging times.
The Cape Fear Valley service area presents distinctive opportunities to make a meaningful difference in pediatric psychiatric care. Located near Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), the community includes a significant military population, creating a unique clinical landscape:
This distinctive patient population creates a practice environment that is both challenging and deeply rewarding, allowing you to make a substantial impact on an underserved community with specialized needs.
Your daily practice has been thoughtfully structured to accommodate the unique demands of child and adolescent psychiatry. You'll typically see two new patient evaluations (60 minutes each) and approximately 18 follow-up appointments (20 minutes each) daily, with scheduling that respects the collaborative nature of pediatric care:
This thoughtful structure acknowledges the unique demands of pediatric psychiatric practice while maintaining a sustainable patient volume that allows for work-life balance.
Cape Fear Valley offers a stimulating academic environment through its Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program with 4–6 fellows. As an attending physician, you'll have the opportunity to shape the training of future child psychiatrists while benefiting from the intellectual stimulation of an academic environment:
The academic component of this position enhances your professional growth while contributing to the development of much-needed future child psychiatrists for the region.
While your primary role will focus on outpatient care, Cape Fear Valley's expanding behavioral health services create exciting opportunities for professional growth and practice development:
These growth opportunities allow you to shape your career trajectory while contributing to the expansion of much-needed pediatric mental health services in the region.
This position offers a rare opportunity to practice child and adolescent psychiatry in a supportive environment with a compelling patient population. You'll experience the immediate impact of your specialized expertise on an underserved community while enjoying the benefits of a well-structured practice model that promotes both clinical excellence and personal wellbeing.