Daily Responsibilities for a Neonatologist
The Neonatologist is responsible for:

• Evaluating and treating patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills.
• Adhering, contributing, and developing clinical patient pathways to ensure a standardized approach to neonatal medicine.
• Rounding with a Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider (APP) on NICU patients, as well as supervising the APP’s attending high risk deliveries.
• Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
• Act as attending consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization, depending on needs of patients, medical staff, and hospital.
• Be the primary educator for the pediatric residents.
• Providing appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
• Participating in inpatient rounds and provide appropriate hand-off to the next team.
• Establishing an outpatient NICU graduate clinic program.

Hours For This Position

• Full Time

Requirements for the Neonatologist

• MD or DO
• Board certified/eligible in Pediatric Neonatology
• Eligible for unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA
• Completed ACGME Training