Physician - Pediatric Hospitalist

Job description

- Shift Responsibilities and Procedures:

Sometimes physicians will tie off an extra digital (nursery) and perform periodic lumbar punctures in the Nursery or Peds Floor. No circumcisions. Physicians do not attend births. Most physicians do 24-hour shifts (they do get rest at night); they cannot do 24-hour shifts back to back.

- Multidisciplinary rounds, see patients in Nursery & Peds Floor, some procedures required

-Average number of admissions per night: given night shift – may see 4-5 new babies and 1-2 PED

-Locked small sleeping suite available (bed, television, shower, etc.). Area is cleaned daily by environmental services.

-Available for up to 7-10 shifts monthly

-Average credentialing time- 60-90 days

-Only 1 physician on a shift at a time

- How many times do they typically get called at night?
Variable – depends on acuity of patients on the floor. Physicians do get calls – yet this ranges extensively. There have been times when no calls have come in for 5 hours and other nights where it was much more frequent. Middle of summer is lighter than the other seasons, such as winter.

SHIFTS-
24hrs- 7am-7am- NO BACK TO BACK SHIFTS
EITHER 7AM-7PM, OR 7PM-7AM- IF THESE SHIFTS ARE OFFERED WHEN DATES SENT OVER, CAN WORK BACK TO BACK DAYS

REQUIREMENTS

- TN license
-Clean background and Malpractice history
-Board Certified only

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

BLS
Board Certified
NRP
PALS
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

Tennessee
ABOUT THE FACILITY

NICU and Newborn nursery size- 40+ (only cover 14)
Average Daily Census- Nursery 6-8, Peds 6-8 with outliners
EMR- MediMobile, Epic
Average patient age- Peds Floor

• Locum
• No call
• Memphis, TN