Job Summary
Job Description
Pediatrician needed for IP/OP in Coudersport, PA
Mon-Fri 8:30a-4:30p
24hr Weekend Call | Rotation 1:3 or 12-14 days per month
1-2 babies in nursery a day
15-18 ppd for Outpatient clinic
Weekend Call: Mostly by phone (not often coming in at night); Expect to have to go in to ER or nursery once a week for an emergency or admission, but it might not happen (or rarely could happen more often)
Generally, round in hospital in AM, and then go to clinic; On call Pediatrician must admit patients both day and night (hospitalists admit ages18+)
Can’t take call remotely - must be onsite to respond to ED or emergent c-sections within 30 minutes
Level I nursery | 230-250 births/year
No NICU, but just instituted telemedicine for Neonatology on the floors with Children’s in Pittsburgh
Higher level care PEDS transferred (sick babies transferred to Pittsburgh, Geisinger, Buffalo or Dubois) Generally, takes a 44–48-hour work week (including non-face-to-face time to complete charts at end of day)
Takes 5 days per week of clinical hours to get to 36 clinical hours (face to face, hands on care). Extended office hours could reduce this to 4.5 or even 4.
Minimum Workload is expected to be 350-400 per month (15-18 patients/day)
OBs doing circumcisions
Practice is 90% outpatient
No APP/Mid-level coverage available
Other specialties available onsite: Limited for peds specific - ENT, Ophthalmology, dental, behavioral health, OBGYN, gen surg, wound, gastro