Physician - Pediatrician - Cone Health Center for Children

Pediatrician Position

This position is accountable for taking care of patients and completing all clinical responsibilities. Provides multidisciplinary team coordination services to the assigned areas. Provides medical education to residents, interns and other students. The incumbent participates in or contributes to an environment to advance medical research. The incumbent provides independent judgment in diagnosis and treatment of patients, formulation of treatment plans, and direction of the interdisciplinary team in achieving the goals of the patient care plan.

Essential Job Function And Additional Information

• Education/Training: Utilizes literature and attends regional and national meetings remain current and professionally competent.
• Participates in inpatient, staff, and professional education programs.
• Participates in educational and research programs including didactic material, formal teaching conferences, clinical teaching, staff education conferences, and clinical research.
• Liaison: Participates in liaison duties with the other professional staff, and in development of patient referral sources.
• Keeps referring physicians informed of care and outcomes.
• Patient Care; Provides direct and indirect patient care to the assigned areas.
• Provides medical supervision of the interdisciplinary team and supervises residents and medical students in all aspects of their assigned duties.
• Participates in clinical research projects of interest.
• Provides accurate and timely documentation and sign off of care establish up-to-date medical records for billing purposes.
• Professional Standards: Models and upholds the professional standards of MCHS including the Medical Staff By-Laws, Service Excellence commitments, practice standards, physician expectations and professional image standards.
• Acts in concert with MCHS Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Demonstrates collegial and respectful relationships with colleagues, patients, associates, family, and visitors.
• Upholds Socratic Oath, honors patient confidentiality, and acts with integrity at all times.
• Works in alignment and contributes towards achieving the goals and standards of MCHS.
• Quality and Safety: Participates, as needed, in medical audits, quality improvement programs, investigations, peer review, and other inquiries relating to the standards of professional care.
• Provides medical supervision and leadership the interdisciplinary team achieve the maximum benefit for each patient.
• Ensures safe practice standards and regulatory compliance.
• Quality Improvement: Engages in continuous improvements and use of evidence-based practices working towards preeminent healthcare and service (with outcomes moving in the 90th percentile or above).
• Maintain records in accordance with the policies of MCHS, applicable laws and regulations.
• Participates in development of clinical guidelines, procedures, programs, and makes recommendations to improve quality and efficiency of care.
• Shares specifically designated on-call responsibilities with other physician members of the assigned areas.

Live, Work, Play in the Beautiful Carolina Corridor Greensboro, NC

Cone Health Center for Children and Adolescent Health is in search of a patient-oriented outpatient primary care pediatrician to join our collaborative, quality-driven team which consists of 12 general pediatricians, an adolescent medicine pediatrician, 3 nurse practitioners, a lactation consultant, integrated behavioral health clinicians, and 2 parent educators.

Cone Health Center for Children and Adolescent Health serves patients from birth to age 21, providing well visits, sick-child care and a wide range of services for children with medical complexity and social needs. Pediatricians are supported by additional team members including integrated behavioral health clinicians, nurses, a part-time lactation consultant, Healthy Steps Specialists, community navigators, and a case manager to care for the needs of their patients and families.

Cone Health Center for Children and Adolescent Health is a teaching site for the UNC Pediatric Residency program. We provide evidence-based care that provides learning opportunities for residents and other health professionals by using the Integrated Behavioral Health Model.

Cone Health Center for Children and Adolescent Health is also one of three community partners in the Healthy Tomorrow Alliance, a grant project which aims to reduce teen pregnancy rates and increase reproductive health education among teens in Greensboro.

Cone Health is a 501c(3), not-for-profit hospital system serving people in Guilford, Forsyth, Rockingham, Alamance, Randolph, Caswell and surrounding counties with (6) Hospitals, (5) Ambulatory Care Centers, (3) Outpatient Surgery Centers, (7) Urgent Care Centers, a Retirement Community, more than 145 physician practice sites and multiple Centers of Excellence.

Greensboro is centrally located in North Carolina's picturesque heartland and was ranked as the 14th "Best Big City" in the US for having high salaries, affordable cost of living and a great job market for physicians. Our growing community has more than 530,000 people with a referral base greater than one million. Greensboro offers excellent schools along with numerous parks, multi-cultural and sporting events, plus much more. For weekend getaways, Greensboro is an easy driving distance to the Blue Ridge Mountains as well as the pristine beaches of NC, SC

Education

• Required: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from a Medical School recognized by the North Carolina Medical Board.
• Also, medical degrees from other countries that are equivalent to the United States MD or DO degrees from a Medical School recognized by the North Carolina Medical Board.

Experience

• Required: Completed appropriate residency training (and fellowship training as required).

Licensure/Certification/Listing

• REQUIRED: Practitioner must have completed the number of years in a residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and met all other requirements for eligibility to receive board certification recognized by either the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association in the primary medical specialty (or subspecialty) for which the Practitioner is applying for Clinical Privileges. If five (5) or more years have elapsed since the Practitioner completed such residency program, the Practitioner currently must have board-certification recognized by either the American Board of Medical Specialties or the American Osteopathic Association in such specialty (or subspecialty). Fully licensed to practice Medicine in the state of NC. Meets requirements of the Moses Cone Health System Medical Staff by-laws and obtains the appropriate level of medical staff privileges. The Practitioner must have a current, and valid DEA registration number, with no involuntary limitations on prescriptive authority (schedule limitations) resulting from DEA disciplinary actions.