Position Summary
The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is searching for a highly qualified Pediatric Sedation Specialist with expertise in pediatric critical care medicine to be a part of our multidisciplinary Pediatric Sedation Service. For candidates with experience there may be opportunities for leadership. This role will offer a unique opportunity to be part of a dedicated sedation program ensuring the highest standards of care for pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. There are also opportunities to work within the pediatric intensive care unit. This individual will join UNCs growing team of 13 faculty 6 fellows and 5 Advanced Practice Providers as a fixedterm faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The physician may be expected to cover the pediatric intensive care unit including nights and weekends. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care experience in addition to Pediatric Critical Care experience is highly desirable as at times physicians will be expected to cover both units. This pediatric intensivist will be committed to patient care research and education. A demonstrated commitment to quality improvement would match well with current divisional activities. Rank and salary will be commensurate with training experience and academic accomplishments. As a toptier academic medical center UNC Childrens upholds a fourtiered mission to CARE aligning clinical care advocacy research and education to deliver worldclass familycentered care. The North Carolina Childrens Hospital is the clinical home of UNC Childrens which has 150 inpatient beds including: 72bed inpatient unit 8bed Childrens ShortStay Unit 64bed Newborn Critical Care Center and a 20bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Our multidisciplinary experts work in satellite clinics across the state and deliver state of the art tertiary care at UNC Childrens. UNC offers ready access to collaborators in other clinical and basic science departments global and public health public policy and other expertise across campus. UNC is a National Institutes of Health NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award CTSA funded institution that offers support for clinical and translational researchers at all levels. This support includes seed funding regulatory assistance data management drug/device development and grant preparation among other things. The North Carolina Childrens Hospital is part of a busy quaternary care medical center with a 20 bed multidisciplinary PICU / PCICU that admits over 1200 patients per year and supports an active pediatric cardiothoracic surgery program as well as pediatric ECMO burn trauma solid organ and bone marrow transplantation programs. The unit is functionally split into an 8 bed PCICU and a 12 bed PICU with the ability to flex based upon patient numbers with expected expansion to a dedicated 13 bed separate PCICU in the next 24 months for a total of 33 pediatric critical care beds. The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine division maintains a fully accredited pediatric critical care medicine fellowship program with 24 hour/7 day a week fellow coverage.
Preferred Qualifications Competencies And Experience
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with pediatric moderate and deep sedation either through a separate service line or through direct clinical experience in the PICU .