Hospitalist/Intensivist

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Job Posting Title: Hospitalist/Intensivist
Location: Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details:

• 12-hour shifts to provide 24/7 coverage; holiday evenly split amongst the team
• Provider cannot be on-call or provide any other services aside from those listed above simultaneously under any other arrangement during the provider’s 12-hour shift.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional medical care as a staff physician
• Provide high level pediatric acute and critical care clinical services to patients including, but not limited to:
• Performing and recording history and physical examinations
• Recording and interpreting pertinent patient data
• Developing, documenting, and executing a treatment plan
• Writing routine orders for appropriate laboratory studies, imaging, and consultations
• Performing patient/parent teaching
• Assisting with patient follow-up
• Performing appropriate screenings
• Administering medications as required
• Ordering and/or performing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as indicated by patient findings
• Vent and airway management
• Nutrition management such as TPN
• Staff presurgical and multidisciplinary as needed
• Participate in research
• Supervise and teach medical students, residents, fellows and clinical team on the inpatient unit including advanced practice providers, nurses and respiratory therapists.
• Manage and participate in the call coverage schedule as assigned
• Develop, maintain and promote effective working relationships with other physicians and hospital staff
• Participate in staff meetings and hospital committees as requested
• Use hospital resources efficiently
• Abide by hospital regulations, bylaws, and policies
• Maintain good professional relationships with the broader medical community
• Provide professional pediatric hospitalist/intensivist services on-site for all patients admitted, under observation, or evaluated within the hospital
• Serve as the first responding physician for emergency services needed within the scope of practice.
• Coordinate non-emergency care, as needed, and consult with the appropriate on-call service for further direction
• Maintain effective communication regarding current status and treatment plans for all inpatients with the incoming team through daily progress notes and status reports

Required Skills/Abilities

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical school
• Must have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited pediatric residency program
• Must have relevant work experience or completed fellowship training in pediatric critical care
• Must possess or be eligible for TX medical license
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required

Working Environment

• Working conditions: Inside/Outside
• Working Position: Sitting/Standing/Walking
• Physical Demands: Medium
• Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, and Stopping/Kneeling/Bending
• An Individual in this position will be required to list or carry weight in this group: 25-34 lbs
• Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Speaking
• An Individual in this position will be exposed to: Inside/Outside environment

Scottish Rite for Children is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.