Peds Intensivist - San Bernardino

Job Description
- Peds Intensivist
- San Bernardino County (67701)

Peds Intensivist
- San Bernardino County (67701 )

Board Eligible Day Shift Maximum : $128.94 Board Certified Day Shift Maximum : $132.40 Nights / Weekends Maximum : $135.87 Virtual Indicator :
Standard Face to Face

Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) is a physician-led partnership with strong values that support a patient-centered and evidence-based approach to medicine.

Provides our physicians with the resources and support systems needed to ensure every physician can focus on practicing medicine, connecting with one another, and providing the best possible care to their patients.

The Southern California Permanente Medical Group is seeking a BC/BE Pediatric Intensivist for a per-diem position at Kaiser Permanente, Fontana Medical Center. Preference will be given to candidates with strong clinical skills and post-fellowship work experience in a multidisciplinary PICU.
Kaiser Permanente Pediatric Care is a regionalized comprehensive care model serving over 4.5 million Kaiser Permanente members (about 1 million in the pediatric age group) in Southern California. In this model, PICU services are provided at 3 tertiary medical centers in Los Angeles, Downey and Fontana.
The selected candidate would support six other intensivists providing 24/7 in-house coverage for a 10-bed multidisciplinary PICU in Fontana, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County. Work hours would include days, nights, weekends and holidays as needed. The position requires strong clinical and interpersonal skills. In addition to clinical care in the PICU, the group also provides procedural sedation, coordinates and supervises transport of critically ill children to the PICU from across the region, and provides telemedicine support to referring Kaiser Permanente Emergency Departments.

The PICU has about 600 admissions per year as well as a growing sedation service with over 1100 elective sedations per year. The PICU admits both medical (~85%) and surgical (~ 15%) patients including postoperative neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, ENT, and orthopedic patients.
Subspecialty support within KPPC is provided by pediatric specialists in neurosurgery, surgery, anesthesiology, cardiology, pulmonology, endocrinology, hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, neurology, infectious disease, nephrology, orthopedics, OMFS, ophthalmology, urology, plastic surgery, interventional radiology, allergy, and rheumatology. Patients requiring open-heart surgery, ECMO or solid organ transplantation are referred out.

• Board Certified or Board Eligible

• M.D./D.O. degree.
• Successful completion of an ACGME accredited Pediatric residency and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
• Prefer post-fellowship clinical work experience in a multidisciplinary PICU
• Eligible to obtain a California State Medical License
• Current PALS certification.

SCPMG San Bernardino County Service area serves a population in the northeastern section of the LA Basin that’s as diverse topographically as culturally. With relatively easy access to both mountain and beach outdoor activities including hiking, skiing at Big Bear and Mt. Baldy, water-skiing on Lake Arrowhead, mountain biking, apple picking in Yucaipa or a drive to the coast, there is something for everyone.

The communities within the area have excellent schools and neighborhood parks and affordable options for home-buying – a great for families. With easy access to all the culture and activities of Los Angeles, without the traffic and hassle, Physicians and staff members enjoy the seasons, with fall colors and prominent views…