Newborn Nursery Hospitalist - (Multiple Locations in Northeast Ohio) - University Hospitals

Position Type: Full Time

Specialty: Pediatrics / Hospital Medicine

The Department of Pediatrics at University Hospitals ( RBC, Ahuja, Tripoint and St. John Medical Center) are in search of Newborn Hospitalists to help continue with our excellent patient care. Newborn Hospitalists will have an academic appointment within the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Appointment at the level of Clinical Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or full Professor is available commensurate with experience.

Job Duties

• Attendance at all high-risk labor and delivery call, including deliveries in any part of the hospital consistent with NRP algorithms
• Complete nursery rounds by 11am absent  emergent/urgent conditions or high census
• Consult and manage sick newborns admitted under private pediatricians
• Prenatal consultations in collaboration with the Neonatologist at main campus
• Coordinate transfer to higher level of care for sick newborns
• Participate and initiate quality improvement initiatives for maternal and infant care, and attend OB and Pediatric Quality meetings
• Participate and initiate Labor & Delivery and Mother-Baby staff education and training, including team and skills building through periodic mock codes
• Resident education in the care of newborns and delivery room roles
• Collaborate with other hospital departments in delivery of care to newborns, as appropriate
• Identify opportunities for academic pursuits

Qualifications

• Board certification/eligibility in general pediatrics is required.
• Experience and competency in caring for sick newborns is required.
• National Resuscitation Program certification is required.
• Quality improvement experience preferred.

Compensation is highly competitive.

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University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, which opened in 2011, is a 144-bed community hospital focused on patient and family-centered care and the principles of evidence-based design.

Situated on 53 acres in Beachwood, Ohio, UH Ahuja Medical Center is designed to be one of the safest and most technologically advanced hospitals in the country. Built on a calm, park-like campus that includes gardens and walkways, the hospital provides exceptional care to residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Summit counties.

The UH Ahuja Medical Center's medical staff includes 819 physicians highly trained in 21 full-service specialties and subspecialties including adult and pediatric emergency services, cardiology, neurosurgery, pulmonology, orthopedics and more.

Physicians of University Hospitals have renewed a promise to meeting our patients’ health care needs. Our talented team is integral to our rich history of success and critical to our future in a dynamic environment. As stewards of the UH legacy for excellence in patient care, our physicians are guided by an unwavering commitment to our mission:

To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.

Founded in 1866, University Hospitals has grown over the last 150 years to become what it is today – one of the nation’s leading health care systems, committed to providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care to the residents of Northeast Ohio. Our facilities include a thriving academic medical center, consistently ranked among the nation’s top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, along with 18 hospitals, 40 health centers and dozens of medical practices throughout a 15-county region.

At UH, our national reputation for providing high-quality care, our direct involvement in pioneering medical advancements and clinical discoveries, and a continued commitment to training the next generation of health care providers demonstrate our dedication to living out the UH mission: To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.