A clinic in is seeking a Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics Physician to provide quality patient care for a Locum Tenens assignment.
Assignment
- Dates: ASAP, on-going
- Schedule: 10 or 12 hours shifts- 7a-5p, 5p-7a, etc
- Setting: Inpatient
- Call: TBD- depends on staff needs
- Volume: 150-180 PICU admits/year, 200-260 intermediate admits/year, ICU 3-5 patients, 453 beds total
- Patient Ages: 100% oeds
- Procedures: Sedations
- Cases: Most of the patients are medical. The surgical cases usually are initiated by the PICU physicians or else they are elective.
- Pediatric Sedation Service in place (sedations for special procedures, minor procedures, and radiology procedures);
- Hospitalists cover all of the sedations and Pediatric ICU physicians do sedations that are ASA III.
- Pediatric ICU physicians help direct air transport for Pediatric trauma cases.
- The ICU manages mechanical ventilation, HFOV and inhaled nitric oxide. Trauma patients (>14 years of age), post-op patients (general surgery, OMFS, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, ortho, spine, ENT, etc.
- Support Staff: 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist on staff Support staff includes the ICU team, with the Hospitalists covering calls (but an ICU physician has to be on back-up). Ancillary staff includes child life, pastoral services, nutrition, social services, PT/OT, and sp
- EMR/Charting: EPIC
Requirements
- Boards: Board Certified; Board Eligible within 5 years
- Certifications: ACLS; BLS
Highlights
- Long term assignment; No call required; No supervision requirements.
- We take care of your malpractice insurance and pay on a weekly basis.
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