Pediatric Hospitalist Locum Opportunity in Oregon

Medical Center is looking for Locum Pediatric Call Coverage for dates listed below.

Dates of coverage: 

• 1/30- 4 hour orientation in the AM
• 2/2(am)-2/8(am)
• Ongoing coverage in 2026
• Schedule: 24hr call with 8 hrs rounding
• Average Callback: 8.44 weekdays, 6.49 weekends
• Setting: Inpatient Level II nursery, Level I nursery, ED, Family Birth
• Duties: Attending Physician for Inpatient Peds and ED Consults. Rounding on inpatient peds and newborns in Family Birth Center. Stabilize and transfer critical patients. 
• FTE: 1.0 
• Required Procedures: Lumbar puncture, intubations, umbilical lines, neonatal resuscitation 
• EMR: Patient Keeper (interface with Meditech

Support Staff:

• Reason for Coverage: Coverage until fulltime provider is secured. 
• Deal breakers: Must have 2 in 24 mo: endotracheal intubations/vent mgmt., newborns, spinal tap/lumbar puncture, umbilical line placement. Must be able to perform IVIG.
• Circumcisions performed: no circumcisions performed at this site. 
• Requested from site: Please include clinical activity on CV 

Additional Details / Questions Answered by Facility:

• 18 bed ward but the bulk of work will be in Level 2 nursery
• Not required to be present for births, just to examine and treat neos.  
• Call back is minimal
• 6 Bed Peds Unit - Average Census of 2 patients per day 
• 4-6 newborns, 0-1 pediatric avg. per day
• 2-4 newborns, <1 pediatric. avg. admits

Call requirements?

• 7am-7am (24 hours per calendar day). # of hours spent in-house varies depending on census and acuity, on average 5-6 hours on clinical care per day. Can opt to spend extra time teaching students/residents. 
• When rounds/discharges are finished, we take call with a 15-minute in-person response time for emergencies such as neonatal resuscitations. ED calls for consults and admissions don’t have as strict of a turnaround time.
• Are circumcisions required? No, not performed at this facility. 
• Are the pediatric hospitalists required to attend every delivery or just high risk? Just high risk- RTs (along with an RN) attend high-risk deliveries and are well trained in NRP. We are very rarely asked to attend high-risk deliveries (~1-2x/month) but will be called emergently if the baby is not responding to initial resuscitation with RN/RT, or if the baby needs persistent CPAP, etc. outside of the delivery room.
• Patients per day seen on the pediatric Med/Surg floor? Varies, generally 0-4. Average 1-2 during respiratory season.
• Open or closed Pediatric ICU? We don’t have an in-house pediatric ICU but we do have a level 2 nursery where we treat and stabilize. Critical patients are stabilized and transferred.
• Neonatology support? PeaceHealth in Eugene, OR is available for phone consults and transfers. The transfer team has dedicated NICU staff who will help further stabilize the baby as-needed before transporting to Eugene.

Submission Requirements

• Board Certified Peds or Board Eligible - [REQUIRED] 
• OR license - [REQUIRED] 
• Availability at time of name clear - [REQUIRED] 
• DEA - [REQUIRED] 
• Clean Malpractice Background - [HIGHLY PREFERRED] must be clean for emergency credentialing
• Local, no flights - [HIGHLY PREFERRED]