Locums Pediatrics Need in Pennsylvania
Englewood, Colorado, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Pediatrics
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Coudersport, Pennsylvania, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 4/04/24

Coverage Needed

  • ASAP - ongoing
  • 2 weeks per month clinic and call
  • Can split time between two sites- Coudersport and Port Allegany
  • 2 providers

Schedule

  • M-F- 8:30am-4:30p
  • Preferably 1 provider but can alternate weeks with 2 if needed
  • Feb 1-7; 8a-5p with weekend 24hr call. Night call 2/2
  • Feb 20 – 29; 8a-5p with weekend 24hr call
  • March 21 & 22; 8a-5p and 24hr call 3/23
  • April – every day open through May 3rd

Clinical Details

  • Outpatient with limited Inpatient - daily rounding for the nursery, when on call
  • In-House Rounding: (all patients, both practices), usually 1-2 babies in nursery. Rarely have an inpatient, rounding on sick children
  • General expectation is provider is seeing patients from 8:30a – 4:30p during office hours, downtime can be used for clerical work
  • Two very busy hospital-owned established practice sites – one pediatric group
  • Level I nursery | 230-250 births/year
  • No NICU, instituted telemedicine for Neonatology on the floors with Children’s in Pitts.
  • Higher level care PEDS transferred
  • Minimum Workload is expected to be 350-400 per month (15-18 patients/day)
  • Most FPs in the system do not see Peds - most coming to Pediatrics Group Express care (primary care walk-in) after hours and weekends, sees PEDS & adults (on hospital campus) – this helps the pediatric group and the on call physician
  • 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

Requirements

  • Active PA License
  • DEA (will accept candidates needing to apply for a state DEA or transfer DEA from another state)
  • Board certified/eligible
  • PALS, ACLS, BLS, NRP

Call

  • 30 min response time
  • M-F, 4:30p - 8:30a 1:2 Rotation
  • 24hr Weekend Call Rotation 1:3

EMR

  • Epic