PHYSICIAN - PEDIATRICIAN

Pediatrician

Excellent opportunity for a pediatrician interested in joining our dynamic team!

Essential job functions include:

• Providing comprehensive pediatric primary care services for newborns, infants, children, and adolescents.
• Performing preventive care visits, well-child examinations, developmental screenings, and immunizations.
• Diagnosing and managing acute and chronic pediatric illnesses and conditions.
• Providing patient and family education related to health promotion, disease prevention, nutrition, safety, and development.
• Documenting patient encounters accurately and timely within the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Coordinating care with specialists, hospitals, schools, and community agencies as appropriate.
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives and population health programs.
• Conducting nursery rounding born rounds and evaluations in the nursery.
• Performing newborn admissions, assessments, discharge planning, and parent/guardian education.
• Identifying and managing routine neonatal conditions and coordinating specialty care when needed.
• Collaborating with obstetric, nursing, and hospital teams to ensure safe and effective newborn care.
• Participating in newborn nursery call coverage as assigned.
• Serving as a faculty educator and mentor for Family Medicine residents.
• Providing direct supervision of residents during pediatric continuity clinics and newborn nursery rotations.
• Delivering formal and informal educational sessions, lectures, case discussions, and clinical teaching.
• Evaluating resident performance and providing timely, constructive feedback.
• Participating in curriculum development, scholarly activities, and residency program initiatives.
• Supporting residency accreditation requirements and educational quality standards.
• Promoting evidence-based medicine, professionalism, and lifelong learning principles.
• Participating in departmental, medical staff, and residency program meetings as requested.
• Maintaining compliance with regulatory, accreditation, medical staff, and organizational standards.
• Engaging in continuous professional development and ongoing medical education.
• Contributing to quality, patient safety, patient experience, and access initiatives.
• Fostering a collaborative and respectful environment among physicians, advanced practice providers, residents, nurses, and staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competency and experience required:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.
• Completion of an accredited Pediatric Residency Program.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Preferred qualifications/experience:

• Two (2) to Four (4) years' experience in Pediatrics

License, certification & clearances:

• Current medical license in the state of Pennsylvania.
• Certification by the American Board of Pediatrics, or board eligible.
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance
• Current DEA Registration
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Current Neonatal Resuscitation certification

Position type/expected hours of work:

• Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
• Travel may be expected locally between System locations.

Equal employment opportunity:

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

Disclaimer:

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Moreover, duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Work environment:

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.

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