Pediatric Hospitalist - Full Time - Hartford, CT

Pediatric Hospitalist

The Pediatric Hospitalist is accountable for delivering comprehensive quality patient care, including diagnostic and interventions according to standards of practice for children from birth through adolescence. The incumbent functions as a member of an inter-disciplinary team within an integrated academic model, with the potential for a clinical academic position.

Responsibilities include assessing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating well newborns and pediatric observation patients and inpatients on the pediatric inpatient unit, as well as providing consultative services in the Emergency Department. Collaborates with Primary Care Providers to ensure safe patient handoffs, performs and/or orders clinically appropriate procedures for each patient, analyzes medical histories, diagnostic lab test and x-ray results, clinical examinations, and performs physical examinations in formulating a diagnosis, plan of care and documenting in conformity with applicable professional standards, third party payer requirements and the Division's policies and procedures. Prescribes clinically appropriate medication and treatment for each patient, refers each patient to other physicians, including specialists and other health care providers, whenever the patient's condition as necessary, keeps and maintains accurate, complete, appropriate, timely and legible medical records relating to all professional services provided, uses and promotes evidence-based clinical practice, reviews on a regular basis long term cases that require ongoing medical attention, consults with Medical Director and other medical professionals as needed regarding patient care, assessment, and education issues, participates in quality improvement, management, continuing education, and other patient care programs established by the hospital, participates in teaching and learning in an integrated academic model, practices preventive health care through patient and family education and child health advocacy, participates in peer review, development and consultation, participates in special programs and services as assigned, academic/scholarly work and division citizenship as per division chief, participates in 24 HR Pediatric Hospitalist Call Coverage, provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner, assists in the resolution of complaints, requests and inquiries from patients, and performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities include no direct reports but may oversee Fellows, Residents, Medical Students and Advanced Practice Providers (APRNs & PAs).

Education and/or experience required includes MD, DO degree, and 2 (two) years of experience in a Pediatric Hospitalist setting preferred. License and/or certification required includes board eligible or certified in Pediatrics and/or Pediatric Hospital Medicine, licensed and registered, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Connecticut and New York, active and unrestricted D.E.A. Certificate, PALS, NRP certifications required, ACLS, BLS preferred.