Pediatrics - General

Details

Client Name
Children's Hospital New Orleans Emergency Room

Job Type
Permanent

Offering
Physician

Profession
Pediatrics

Specialty
General

Job ID
20321618


Shift Details

Shift
Full Time Days

Scheduled Hours
40


Job Order Details

Start Date
05/27/2026


Job Description
The Physician provides medical care and treatment to patients. Provides consultation and medical supervision to the clinical staff. Performs routine examinations, diagnoses, and provides treatment for illnesses and injuries to promote the patients' overall well-being, and provides immunizations according to medical or school guidelines.

Essential Function
Patient Care:
• Provides quality care to the patient. Responds to patients' calls and messages and attends to patients.
• Maintains patient and business records including the completion of daily patient encounters.
• Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports immediately in accordance with appropriate policy.
• Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policies and procedures.


Patient Access:
• Participates in a physician call schedule which is evenly distributed between providers and offers patient meeting slots as deemed by the designed template.

Safety and Infection Control Standards:
• Assists with compliance with safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards.
• Implements standard and transmission-based precautions and ensures patient safety during clinic visits, in accordance with the hospital/regulatory policies.
• Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
• Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designer.

Medical Director Duties (if applicable):
• Ensures provider compliance with patient access, patient care, etc.
• Communicates provider concerns administration, communication initiatives and solutions to providers.
• Completes provider assessment and reviews including reviewing this with the provider.
• Develops and maintains work and call schedules.

Job Qualifications:
• Education- Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
• License/Certification- State of Louisiana Medical License
• Experience- Completed pediatric residency training; Preferred: If practicing in a subspecialty - fellowship completion in a designated specialty.


The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs, as necessary.


Client Details

Address
200 Henry Clay Ave.

City
New Orleans

State
LA

Zip Code
70118