Physician Pediatrics - Competitive Salary

Job Description\n Child Abuse Pediatrician\n\n\n Full Time Opportunity\n\n\n \n\nJoin An Established Child Abuse Pediatrics Program and Help Grow & Expand Our Child Maltreatment Services\nCHOC Medical Group’s Child Protection team is looking for a dynamic, full-time Child Abuse Pediatrician with strong clinical, teaching, and communication skills to join a growing program at Rady Children’s Health (RCH) Orange County, a premier healthcare system based in Southern California. RCH Orange County is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. The Child Protection Team currently includes 3 physicians as well as a Social Worker, a Nurse Care Manager, Practice Manager, and additional support staff. Additionally, there is another Child Abuse Pediatrics program in Orange County through the University of California Irvine (UCI) with 3 physicians that our team at RCH Orange County collaborates with, and there are current ongoing efforts to align our 2 programs further into a joint division.\nMinimum Requirements: Board Certified/Eligible in Child Abuse Pediatrics or Extensive CAP Experience; & California Medical License Eligible\nFull Time Job Description:\n\n Weekdays: Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM\n Afterhours and Weekends: Shared Call Coverage, with availability by telephone, occasional weekend in-person response, and extremely rare overnight response\n \n On-call responsibilities are shared equitably based on each individual’s clinical FTE and the divisions total clinical FTE\n Opportunity for further sharing/division of on-call responsibilities as the RCH Child Protection Team further aligns with the UCI Division of Child Abuse Pediatrics\n \n\n\n\n Faculty Appointment Available through our academic partner at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine\n Inpatient and outpatient consultative services, with plans and efforts ongoing to expand the outpatient consultative services\n Outpatient primary care for children in foster care referred to the clinic, with plans and efforts ongoing to expand these services for consistency for this population\n\n\n Multidisciplinary team member collaboration, meetings, teaching, prevention work, and community involvement through Established Relationships with Medical Providers, County Child Protective Services, Law Enforcement Agencies, Attorneys, and others\n\n\n Testimony when needed regarding patients\n Assist in Advancing Child Abuse Pediatric Services:\n \n Development, design, and clinical practice in planned expansion of outpatient clinic services for consultations as well as for youth in foster care\n Establishment of clinical guidelines, screening practices, and policies as well as operational pathways based on evidence informed best practices\n Future goal of developing a Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program\n \n Teaching Opportunities with medical staff, students, residents, fellows, nurses, and community agencies, to provide education regarding recognizing and managing child maltreatment\n Leadership Opportunities Available based on qualifications\n Research & Publishing Opportunities Available\n\nFinancial Package\n\n CHOC offers a competitive salary guarantee\n Full benefit package included, 401K with Match, Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, CME, Malpractice, Etc.\n\n*Base pay rate does not include any incentives that service line specific positions may qualify for in their division. Signing bonuses may also be available and would also be in addition to total compensation. The pay range listed is an honest estimate of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful candidate at the time of posting. When determining pay, several factors are taken into consideration, including but not limited to location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, professional credentials, internal equity, and budget.\n\n