Job Description
Position Type: 1099 Locums Tenens
Position: Neonatologist (A bonus will be provided to anyone interested in covering the shift)
Location: California
Coverage type: On Call (Daily)
Schedule/Availability Requirements:
Shift type: 24hrs
Orientation business day prior to shift in afternoon
Dec 28-31 (ending Jan 1 am) will need to do onboarding the day prior (Dec 27) Round in the NICU at least once per day then cover calls from the nursing staff and come to the hospital based as patient condition requires. NO rounding in nursery - peds hospitalists round in the nursery.
Setting: Level III NICU
Trauma Level/Designation: - Level II Trauma Center
Average worked Callback Hours: 6.5 hours
Schedule/Availability Requirements:
Orientation business day prior to shift in afternoon
Details: - Setting is inpatient
- Admissions/Patients per day: NICU patient daily census between 7-12
- EMR: Cerner Care B
- Support Staff: NICU nurses, Family Practice Residents (which the neonatologist supervises/teaches while they are on Nursery rotation). Laborists and Pediatric Hospitalists. No APP support
Requirements: - Board Certified or Eligible Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine - Required
- Active CA License - Required
- BLS, NRP, DEA - Required during credentialing
- Clean Malpractice - Required
- Has had substantial recent experience covering neonatology services (not pediatrics) - Required
- Procedures required: Ventilatory assistance, to include ETT CPAP, Nasal CPAP for more than 4 hours, NCPAP greater than 6 cm H2O, or FiO2 greater than 0.60, Surfactant administration beyond the initial dose, Administration of cardiac pressors,PaCO2 greater than 50 on two arterial blood gases 1 hour apart, Peripheral arterial line or central line, Chest tube, . Total Parenteral Nutrition Hyperalimentation, Exchange Transfusion,
- Gestational Age
Job Tags
Locum, Shift work,