Coverage Needed

• As soon as credentialed - ongoing

Schedule

• 7a-5p: 12/27-12/28, 1/2-1/4
• 5p-7a: 12/14, 12/29-12/30, 1/4
• More dates to follow

Clinical Details

• Number of Physicians in Department: 8
• 100% peds
• 150 – 180 PICU admits a year
• 200 – 260 intermediate admits a year
• Census in the ICU is 3 – 5 patients (average number is 3 patients)
• The census for intermediate patients varies from 2 – 7
• Procedures Required:
  • Most of the patients are medical. The surgical cases usually are initiated by the PICU physicians or else they are elective
  • Pediatric Sedation Service in place (sedations for special procedures, minor procedures, and radiology procedures)
  • Hospitalists cover all of the sedations and Pediatric ICU physicians do sedations that are ASA III
  • Pediatric ICU physicians help direct air transport for Pediatric trauma cases
  • The ICU manages mechanical ventilation, HFOV and inhaled nitric oxide. Trauma patients (>14 years of age), post-op patients (general surgery, OMFS, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, ortho, spine, ENT, etc.)
• Number of beds:: 453
• Level I Trauma Center

Requirements

• Clean and easy to credential candidates - Preferred
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatrics or Hospital Medicine/Pediatrics
  • Board Eligible if recently out of training
• Active IL License or IMLC
• Drive in candidates - Preferred

Support Staff

• 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist on staff
• ICU team, with the Hospitalists covering calls (but an ICU physician has to be on back-up)
• Ancillary staff includes child life, pastoral services, nutrition, social services, PT/OT, and speech

EMR

• Epic