Coverage Needed

• ASAP - Ongoing

Schedule

• 24 Hour call coverage
• Dec 28-31 (ending Jan 1 am)

Clinical Details

• Level II Trauma
• NICU Level III
• Round in the NICU at least once per day then cover calls from the nursing staff and come to the hospital based as patient condition requires
  • No rounding in nursery - peds hospitalists round in the nursery
• NICU patient daily census between 7-12

Requirements

• Board Certified or Eligible Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
• Active CA License
• BLS, NRP, DEA
• Must have substantial recent experience covering neonatology services (not pediatrics)
• Listed as a paneled member of CCS
• Clean Malpractice
• Required Procedures: Ventilatory assistance, to include ETT CPAP, Nasal CPAP for more than 4 hours, NCPAP greater than 6 cm H2O, or FiO2 greater than 0.60, Surfactant administration beyond the initial dose, Administration of cardiac pressors, FiO2 greater than 0.60, PaCO2 greater than 50 on two arterial blood gases 1 hour apart, Peripheral arterial line or central line, Chest tube, Total Parenteral Nutrition Hyperalimentation, Exchange Transfusion, Gestational Age <32 0/7 weeks, Birth weight <1600 grams

Support Staff

• NICU nurses, Family Practice Residents (which the neonatologist supervises/teaches while they are on Nursery rotation). Laborists and Pediatric Hospitalists
• No APP support

EMR

• Cerner Care B