Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

Job Details :

Position Type : 1099 Locums Tenens

Position : Physician Pediatrics

Location : VA

Start Date : 1 1 / 11 / 2024 7a-7a

End Date : 11 / 15 / 2024 7a-7a

Coverage Type : Call only

Schedule :

24 hour call coverage, 7a-7a

In-House Call : NO

Response time to be onsite is within 30 minutes( Physician is not required to be on-site while providing Call Support (this means Market should not be charged for call back hours if a physician decides they want to stay in the hospital, but there is no need for him / her to be there based on the criteria contained herein

24 hour call coverage, 7am - 7am, see all babies born, c-section coverage, perform consults in the ED when asked, facilitate transfer when asked, admit to pediatric unit.

EMR : Athena and Meditech

Setting is inpatient

Patient per shift : Varies

Beds in department : 6

Requirements :

Board Certified / Board Eligible

Licensed in VA or IMLC

PALS,NRP - Required

See all babies born, c-section coverage, perform consults in the ED when asked, facilitate transfer when asked, admit to pediatric unit

Skills : Lumbar puncture, UVC, Pediatrics, Newborn, Intubation (ETT / NT), Acute, Chronic, Ventilation Management (Pediatric),Ventilation Management (Newborn),Non-Invasive Ventilation Management (neo-puff).

Residents help with call coverage. Locum must be willing to do cath UAs and lumbar punctures.

Situations when the on-call locum Pediatric Hospitalist would be called to the hospital :

Nursery :

• See all babies born at the facility.
• C-section Coverage
• Urgent C-section : within 60 min
• Stat C-Section : within 30 min

Emergency Department

Peds Unit

Clinic Call

Expectations of amount of time in the hospital

The average call back from the floor or ED is variable and depends on the circumstances. Please document all call backs with time required.