Job Quick Facts:
Specialty: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Job Type: Locum Tenens
Facility Location: Lubbock TX
Service Setting: Inpatient
Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
Coverage Period: Jun 1 2026 - Ongoing
Coverage Type: Call only
Call Schedule: 24-hr call; 5a-5a
- 7 shifts per month
Call Type: In-House
Call Response Time: 10-15 mins
Patient Volume: 38
Rounding Included: Yes
Physicians in Practice: 4 Neonatologists; 3 Pediatric Intensivists & 20 Pediatricians
Support Staff: 2 APPs
- NP onsite (day) & NP on-call (night)
Duties:
- Rounding creating plan of care through epic attending high-risk deliveries performing procedures & completing perinatal consults.
Required Procedures:
- Ventilation mgmt Chest tube insertion exchange transfusions eval. & mgmt. of acute volume/BP issues Lumbar puncture Paracentesis & Thoracentesis.
Required to Supervise APPs: Yes; 2 NNPs on daily 1 field calls overnight
No. of Beds: 214
Beds in Dept: 52
NICU Level: IV
Trauma Level: II
EMR: Epic
Other Info:
- Can stay in the onsite call room.
- CV surgery cases are referred out for intervention.
Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
Travel lodging and malpractice insurance covered
Requirements:
Active TX License
BC
DEA
NRP
At least 5 yrs of experience (preferred)