Pediatric Hospitalist

3 days ago

Wichita, Kansas, United States University of Kansas Medical Center Full time
Department:

SOM Wichita Pediatrics

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Pediatric Hospitalists

Position Title:

Pediatric Hospitalist

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

This is a unique pediatric hospitalist opportunity that blends community feel and size, robust pediatric resources, and traditional university-based academic opportunities. Our inpatient healthcare team is completed by a pediatric nursing staff, centralized pediatric sedation, pediatric pharmacists, dedicated pediatric respiratory therapists, allied health specialists, social work, nutrition, and child life. Our team is the primary teaching faculty in inpatient and newborn pediatrics for our residents and medical students.

Job Description:

Job Duties:

Patient Care: 90%

  • Provide direct patient care for hospitalized infants, children, and adolescents on pediatric hospital floor.
  • Provide direct patient care for inpatient newborn patients in both well newborn and level 2 nursery
  • Work in conjunction with pediatric subspecialists, including anesthesia, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, neurology, nephrology, oncology, orthopedics, radiology, and surgery, to provide effective and co-managed inpatient and inpatient newborn care.
  • Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency and clinical care for patients.
  • Participation in daytime, swing, and night shift in-house coverage.
  • Equitable participation in holiday, weekend, and call coverage.
  • Maintain board certification in pediatrics.

Education/Scholarly: 10%

  • Educate, supervise, and participate in the evaluation process of residents, medical students, and other allied health trainees in pediatric hospital medicine and newborn care.
  • Attend and actively participate in division and departmental meetings.
  • Serve on selected departmental and hospital committees as requested by the director.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications:

Education:

  • MD/DO Degree
  • Licensed or eligible for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Kansas
  • Board eligible or certified in Pediatrics

This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements, institutional standards of academic and professional excellence, alignment with peer institution benchmarks, and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Experience:

  • Teaching in an academic setting
  • Proficiency in Spanish

Skills:

  • Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of medical students and residents
  • Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice
  • Ability to work cooperatively, collegially, and professionally within a multi‐disciplinary team environment

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here .

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

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