Hospital is seeking a Board Certified in Neonatology, available to cover day shift, night/weekend call. Provider are expected to arrive at the hospital within 30 minutes
Details:
- Date of Coverage: July 1, 2026 – July 1, 2027
- Practice Setting: Level III NICU, Special Care Nursery
- Shift Schedule: Day Shift: 10 hours; Night Shift: 14-hour home call (must arrive within 30 minutes if called in)
- Reason for Coverage: Short staffing
- Call Ratio: 1:4
- Call Schedule: Variable / in flux due to staffing shortages
- Patient Demographics: Neonatal patients / NICU newborn population
- Trauma designation: Level I Trauma Center
- EMR System: EPIC
- Exam rooms: Open Bay setting
Patient Volume:
- Number of Admissions per Day: 3
- Average Daily Census / Case Volume: 31 patients per day
- Bed Capacity: 47 total beds (33 licensed NICU beds, 12 Special Care Nursery beds, 2 bassinets)
Clinic Responsibilities:
- Attend high-risk deliveries and C-sections
- Provide ventilation management, including:
- BiPAP/CPAP
- Oscillator ventilator support
- Nitric Oxide (iNO)
- Perform neonatal procedures, including:
- Chest tube insertion
- Central line insertion
- Arterial line insertion
- PA catheter insertion
- Umbilical Venous Catheterization (UVC)
- Umbilical Artery Catheterization (UAC)
- PICC placement
- Manage emergency situations and participate in neonatal resuscitation
- Potentially supervise Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NNPs)
- Document patient care using EPIC EMR.
Additional Required Procedures:
- PA catheter insertion
- Umbilical Venous Catheterization (UVC)
- Umbilical Artery Catheterization (UAC)
- PICC placement
Support Staff:
- NICU Nurse Manager
- Operations Manager
- Physical Therapy (PT)
- Occupational Therapy (OT)
- Dieticians
- Nursing staff
- Child Life Specialists
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NNPs)
*Credentialing approximately 120+ days
Submission Requirements
ALL MUST BE NOTATED AT TIME OF NAME CLEAR:
- Must be Board certified in Neonatology - [REQUIRED], at time of name clear
- Must have fellowship in Neonatology - [REQUIRED], at time of name clear
- Active full MI license at time of name clear - [REQUIRED]
- Must have NALS certification - [REQUIRED]
