Physician / Pediatrics / Pennsylvania / Permanent / Locums Pediatrics Need in Pennsylvania Job

Coverage Needed

• September - ongoing

Schedule

• M-F- 8:30am-4:30p
• 10-12 shifts of call/month - either on the weekend or evening call and combination of both
• Weeknight Call: M-F | 4:30p - 8:30a | 1:2 Rotation
• 24hr Weekend Call | Rotation 1:3
• Preferably 1 provider but can alternate weeks with 2 if needed.

Clinical Details

• Outpatient with limited Inpatient - daily rounding for the nursery, when on call
• In-House Rounding: (all patients, both practices), usually 1-2 babies in nursery. Rarely have an inpatient, rounding on sick children
• General expectation is provider is seeing patients from 8:30a " 4:30p during office hours, downtime can be used for clerical work
• Two very busy hospital-owned established practice sites " one pediatric group
• Level I nursery | 230-250 births/year
• No NICU, instituted telemedicine for Neonatology on the floors with Childrens in Pitts.
• Higher level care PEDS transferred
• Minimum Workload is expected to be 350-400 per month (15-18 patients/day)
• Most FPs in the system do not see Peds - most coming to Pediatrics Group Express care (primary care walk-in) after hours and weekends, sees PEDS & adults (on hospital campus) " this helps the pediatric group and the on call physician
• OBs doing circumcisions
• Practice is 90% outpatient
• No APP/Mid-level coverage available
• Other specialties available onsite: Limited for peds specific - ENT, Ophthalmology, dental, behavioral health, OBGYN, gen surg, wound, gastro

Requirements

• Active PA license
• DEA (will accept candidates needing to apply for a state DEA or transfer DEA from another state)
• Board certified/eligible
• PALS, ACLS, BLS, NRP

Call

• Can split time between two sites
• Schedule can be discussed and may change from time to time.
• Weekend Call: Mostly by phone (not often coming in at night); Expect to have to go in to ER or nursery once a week for an emergency or admission, but it might not happen (or rarely could happen more often); Generally, round in hospital in AM, and then go to clinic; On call Pediatrician must admit patients both day and night (hospitalists admit ages18+); Cant take call remotely - must be onsite to respond to ED or emergent c-sections within 30 mins

EMR

• Epic