Urgent Need - Physician Pediatrics in Virginia
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Pediatric Hospitalist
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Locums/Travel
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
Virginia, Virginia, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/20/24
Job Details:
Position Type: 1099 Locums TenensPosition: Physician Pediatrics
Location: VA
Start Date:11/11/2024 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.