Pediatric Hospitalist & Emergency Medicine Physician
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Job Location:
Wichita, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department:
SOM Wichita Pediatrics-----
Pediatrics-NewbornsPosition Title:
Pediatric Hospitalist & Emergency Medicine PhysicianJob Family Group:
AcademicJob Description Summary:
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas School of MedicineWichita is seeking a full-time faculty position in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Candidates will be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. This is a unique opportunity that blends community feel and size robust pediatric hospital and emergency medicine resources and traditional university-based 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 and emergency room medicine for our residents and medical students.Job Description:
Job Duties:
Pediatrics Clinical Service 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
- Provide direct patient care for emergency department patients in the emergency room.
- Work in conjunction with pediatric and adult medicine subspecialists including anesthesia cardiology critical care endocrinology gastroenterology infectious disease neurology nephrology oncology orthopedics radiology and surgery to provide effective and co-managed inpatient inpatient newborn care and emergency room care.
- Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency and clinical care for patients.
Education 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.
- Serve on selected departmental and hospital committees as requested by the director.
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.
Work Environment:
- Equitable participation in call coverage.
- Participation in daytime swing and night shift in-house coverage.
- Equitable participation in holiday and weekend coverage.
Required Qualifications:
Education: MD/DO Degree
This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements institutional standards of academic and professional excellence alignment with peer institution benchmarks and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.
Certification/Licenses:
- Board certified/eligible in pediatrics
- Board certified/eligible in emergency medicine
- Licensed or eligible for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Kansas
Preferred Qualifications:
Work Experience:
- Previous experience teaching in an academic setting
Skills:
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice
- Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and residents
- Work cooperatively collegially and professionally within a multidisciplinary team environment
Required Documents:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
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. Employer-paid life insurance long-term 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
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Occupational Health Experience
- Basic Life Support
- Primary Care Experience
- Suturing
- Computer Literacy
- Pharmacy Residency
- Spinal Tap Experience
- Nursing
- Gastric Lavage
- Epic
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), a campus of the University of Kansas located in Kansas City, Kansas, offers educational programs and clinical training through its schools of Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, and Graduate Studies.
