Locum Pediatric Hospitalist - Inpatient Care, Flexible Shifts, Urbana, IL

A clinic in is seeking a Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics Physician to provide quality patient care for a Locum Tenens assignment.

Assignment

• Dates: Sporadic
• Schedule: 10 or 12 hours shifts- 7a-5p, 5p-7a, etc
• Setting: Inpatient
• Call: TBD- depends on staff needs
• Volume: 150-180 PICU admits/year, 200-260 intermediate admits/year, ICU 3-5 patients, 453 beds total
• Patient Ages: 100% oeds
• Procedures: Sedations
• Cases: Most of the patients are medical. The surgical cases usually are initiated by the PICU physicians or else they are elective.
• Pediatric Sedation Service in place (sedations for special procedures, minor procedures, and radiology procedures);
• Hospitalists cover all of the sedations and Pediatric ICU physicians do sedations that are ASA III.
• Pediatric ICU physicians help direct air transport for Pediatric trauma cases.
• The ICU manages mechanical ventilation, HFOV and inhaled nitric oxide. Trauma patients (>14 years of age), post-op patients (general surgery, OMFS, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, ortho, spine, ENT, etc.
• Support Staff: 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist on staff Support staff includes the ICU team, with the Hospitalists covering calls (but an ICU physician has to be on back-up). Ancillary staff includes child life, pastoral services, nutrition, social services, PT/OT, and sp
• EMR/Charting: EPIC

** Requirements**

• Boards: Board Certified; Board Eligible within 5 years
• License: Active IL license
• Certifications: ACLS; BLS