Pediatric Hospitalist
Pediatric Hospitalist
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Job Description
Department:
SOM Wichita PediatricsPediatric HospitalistsPosition Title:
Pediatric HospitalistJob Family Group:
AcademicJob Description Summary:
This is a unique pediatric hospitalist opportunity that blends community feel and size robust pediatric resources and traditional universitybased academic opportunities. Our inpatient healthcare team is completed by a pediatric nursing staff centralized pediatric sedation pediatric pharmacists dedicated pediatric respiratory therapists allied health specialists social work nutrition and child life. Our team is the primary teaching faculty in inpatient and newborn pediatrics for our residents and medical students.As of January 2024 there are 3 open positions.
Resume/CV and cover letter required.
Job Description:
Required Qualifications:
- MD/DO Degree
- Licensed or eligible for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Kansas
- Board eligible or certified in Pediatrics
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience:
- Previous experience teaching in an academic setting preferred
Knowledge Skills Abilities:
- Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and residents
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice Proficiency in Spanish
- Ability to work cooperatively collegially and professionally within a multidisciplinary team environment
Job Duties:
Patient Care: 90%
- Provide direct patient care for hospitalized infants children and adolescents on pediatric hospital floor.
- Provide direct patient care for inpatient newborn patients in both well newborn and level 2 nursery
- Work in conjunction with pediatric subspecialists including anesthesia cardiology critical care endocrinology gastroenterology infectious disease neurology nephrology oncology orthopedics radiology and surgery to provide effective and comanaged inpatient and inpatient newborn care.
- Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency and clinical care for patients.
- Participation in daytime swing and night shift inhouse coverage.
- Equitable participation in holiday weekend and call coverage.
- Maintain board certification in pediatrics.
Education/Scholarly: 10%
- Educate supervise and participate in the evaluation process of residents medical students and other allied health trainees in pediatric hospital medicine and newborn care.
- Attend and actively participate in division and departmental meetings.
Other Duties (%)
- Serve on selected departmental and hospital committees as requested by the director.
Marginal Functions
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities tasks duties and assignments. Furthermore job duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
If selected as a final candidate for this position you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health dental and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employerpaid life insurance longterm disability insurance and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off including vacation and sick begins accruing upon hire plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment and paid time off for bereavement jury duty military service and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. Type: RegularTime Type:
Full time
Employment Type
Full-Time
