Job Description

Job Description

• JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Round daily on all well babies
• Round daily on infants as needed
• Provide consultation to ED
• Document using Cerner EMR
• Day shift is from 7AM through 5PM
• The night shift begins at 5PM and ends 7AM the following day
• Call is from home
• Expected time rounding is approximately 6 to 7hrs
• Expect to be called in for a delivery once every other or 3rd night on call though this is variable
• Typically, <1 telephone call/night should be expected between the hours of 5pm and 7am
• DETAILS:
• 1 LEVEL III NICU
• Share high risk deliveries >35 weeks with the neonatologists
• Must be available with 30 minutes
• High risk deliveries include but are not limited to: meconium stained amniotic fluid, macrosomia, breech presentation, fetal Intolerance of labor
• 2 WELLBABY SERVICE
• Avg daily census of 11
• Hospitalist round on each patient daily
• Perform a comprehensive H&P on new infants and discharge exams on infants to be discharged
• Occasional circumcision required
• Typical time to round is 6 hrs
• 3 PEDIATRIC SERVICE
• Infant patients
• Most readmitted for things such as hyperbilirubinemia, and weight gain issues
• Infants requiring subspecialty care typically referred to UCSF Benioff Childrens in Oakland
• Pediatric cardiology and genetics consultation are available on site
• Admissions average less than 1 per month
• ER CONSULTATION SERVICE:
• From time to time ED Physicians will call the Pediatric Hospitalist to solicit advice
• May include questions regarding differential diagnosis, lab tests to consider or advice regarding formulating a plan for outpatient management until the patient has their f/u appointment with their PCP
• ED physician may seek advice about the appropriateness of inpatient admission or if a higher level of care is needed elsewhere.
• Onsite consultation may be required
• COMMUNITY:
• Located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Commutable form Sacramento or San Francisco
• Easily accessible to major highways such as I80 and I680
• Convenient proximity to the Napa Valley wine region as well
• REQUIREMENTS:
• Board certified/eligible in Pediatrics or Neonatology
• NRP course completion and facility in all NRP procedures (including intubation and UVC placement)

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