Pediatrician

Required Qualifications

• Minimum residency training of three years in Pediatrics
• Eligible for or licensed to practice medicine in the state of Kentucky
• Eligible for certification, or certified by, the American Board of Pediatrics

Job Summary

The University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics is seeking a faculty member (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor) to serve in General Pediatrics. This position will serve as a Complex Care provider for ages 2 and up, following graduation from the Infant Complex Care Clinic or when referred by another specialist or community pediatrician. Children will be followed throughout childhood and adolescence until transferred into adult care. Pediatricians with fellowship training or prior experience in Pediatric Complex Care, Palliative Care or Critical Care are preferred, but all pediatricians with a nexus to long‑term treatment and coordination of care for children with medical complexity are welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Follow medically complex patients in clinic and provide consultation when admitted to the hospital.
• Consult new patients from the Pediatric floor, PICU, PCICU, and other pediatric subspecialty clinics.
• Participate in a multidisciplinary team that includes a neonatologist, APP, psychologist, PT, OT, dietician, licensed clinical social worker, and patient navigator.
• Help develop multidisciplinary clinics such as BPD/home ventilation, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and Down Syndrome.
• Depending on experience, assume a leadership role as Medical Director of the Pediatric Complex Care Program.

Preferred Education

Pediatric Complex Care, Palliative Care, or Critical Care fellowship training and experience in long‑term treatment and coordination of care for medically complex children.

Clinic Location

The clinic is housed in a spacious, newly renovated, handicap‑accessible location a short distance from Kentucky Children’s Hospital. It is located on a site that hosts additional clinics including Infant Complex Care, NICU Graduate, NICU Neuro, Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehab, Child Neurology, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Developmental Pediatrics, and Palliative Care.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre‑employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources, including a national background check and/or drug screen.

Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue until filled.