Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

Job Details: Position Type: 1099 Locums Tenens Position: Physician Pediatrics Location: VA Start Date:1 1 / 11 /2024 7a-7a End Date : 11/15/2024 7a-7a Coverage Type: Call only Schedule: 24 hour call coverage, 7a-7a In-House Call: NO Response time to be onsite is within 30 minutes( Physician is not required to be on-site while providing Call Support (this means Market should not be charged for call back hours if a physician decides they want to stay in the hospital, but there is no need for him/her to be there based on the criteria contained herein 24 hour call coverage, 7am - 7am, see all babies born, c-section coverage, perform consults in the ED when asked, facilitate transfer when asked, admit to pediatric unit. EMR: Athena and Meditech Setting is inpatient Patient per shift: Varies Beds in department: 6 Requirements : Board Certified/Board Eligible Licensed in VA or IMLC PALS,NRP - Required See all babies born, c-section coverage, perform consults in the ED when asked, facilitate transfer when asked, admit to pediatric unit Skills: Lumbar puncture, UVC, Pediatrics, Newborn, Intubation (ETT/NT), Acute, Chronic, Ventilation Management (Pediatric),Ventilation Management (Newborn),Non-Invasive Ventilation Management (neo-puff). Residents help with call coverage. Locum must be willing to do cath UAs and lumbar punctures. Situations when the on-call locum Pediatric Hospitalist would be called to the hospital: Nursery: * See all babies born at the facility. * C-section Coverage * Urgent C-section: within 60 min * Stat C-Section: within 30 min Emergency Department * Perform consults in the ED when asked. * Facilitate transfer when asked. Peds Unit * Admit patients to the Pediatric Unit when available staffing * RSV most common admission Clinic Call * After-hours clinic call (5 PM- 8 AM) * All calls are triaged by phone nurse, only urgent calls are sent to on-call physicians * The physician will determine if the patient can wait until the following clinic day or report to the ER. Expectations of amount of time in the hospital The average call back from the floor or ED is variable and depends on the circumstances. Please document all call backs with time required.