Pediatric Neurologist

Job Description

Nemours Children's Health is seeking a 2nd Pediatric Neurologist to work at our partner hospital, Lakeland Regional Health, in Lakeland, FL. Newly hired Neurologists will receive a $50K sign-on bonus

With a Pediatric Residency program, a Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship program and an academic affiliation with the University of Central Florida, physicians will have remote teaching opportunities with Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando. At Lakeland Regional Health, there are additional teaching opportunities with general psychiatry residents. We have an excellent clinical trials team, and research opportunities abound as data and trials can span all 4 Nemours sites within the integrated multistate Nemours organization.

In addition to dedicated support from 2 APPs, 2 MAs, an RN and floating support, Lakeland Regional Health has 24-hour EEG technician coverage for pediatric and neonatal continuous video EEG. Our outpatient clinic is located a few floors below the pediatric floors of the hospital, allowing for efficiently run inpatient service and outpatient clinic.

Other Nemours services onsite at Lakeland Regional include outpatient Pulmonology, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Urology, Rheumatology, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Nemours Inpatient services include Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, MFM Consults, PICU and General Surgery Medical Directorship services, and Neurology.

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LRH Carol Jenkins Barnett Center for Women & Children

Lakeland Regional Health

City of Lakeland

With 849 beds, Lakeland Regional is the 5th largest Hospital in Florida seeing over 200,000 ER visits and 43,000 admissions per year, over 2,100 trauma visits annually, and more than 3,000 deliveries. Services are delivered in the new Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children which opened summer of 2018. This $275 million project has 300,000 square feet of stare-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient space including a 47-bed pediatric medical/surgical unit, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the area's largest Level II NICU, and an expanded 22 bed Pediatric Emergency Department.

Lakeland, FL, is a rapidly growing area located in Central Florida, conveniently within one hour of Orlando, Tampa, and Walt Disney World. It is home to the corporate headquarters for Publix Supermarkets and has a large Amazon warehouse presence. Florida also has no state income tax.

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children. The mission of Nemours is to improve the health and health care of children by seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in children's health.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.

About the Team

At Nemours Children's, our physicians work together across specialties, clinics and hospitals, to give children care that's among the safest, most caring and compassionate. As part of a pediatric health system with both clinical and academic partnerships, we are 100% focused on ensuring a healthier future for children. We strive for excellent outcomes across all of our medical and surgical specialties - and we measure these outcomes in order to provide consistent, top-rated care.

We aspire to have our workforce and providers reflect the rich diversity of the communities we serve. Candidates of diverse backgrounds, race and ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and those committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural values are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Alignment Mission and Vision.

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