Pediatric Hospitalist Positions at Lurie Children’s in Chicago

Pediatric Hospitalist Positions at Lurie Children’s in Chicago. The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine seek board eligible/board certified pediatricians at the level or rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor to join a growing team of over 85 pediatric hospitalists.

• Pediatric hospitalists provide clinical services at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Main Campus), Lurie Children’s Immediate Care Center, Northwestern Prentice Women’s Hospital and the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.
• Hospitalist faculty lead several general inpatient pediatric hospitalist services (teaching and non-teaching), a general pediatric consulting service, provide sedation for medical imaging studies and support front-line clinical care in both the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The inpatient, ICU-based teams also cover the hospital-wide Critical Assessment Team.
• Across all teams, hospitalist clinicians collaborate in shared workrooms to enable frequent collaboration.
• Hospitalist faculty staff the Lurie Children’s Immediate Care Center, providing ambulatory, acute care at family-friendly hours, and precept pediatric residents while delivering high-quality ambulatory care to patients in the Chicago community.
• At Prentice Women’s Hospital, hospitalist faculty lead newborn nursery teams (teaching and non-teaching), a delivery room / consultative team, and support front-line clinical care in the NICU.
• At Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, hospitalist faculty provide pediatric consultations for the physical medicine and rehabilitation team and facilitate communication with subspecialists to support care for patients at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.
• Positions Available:
  Full-time and part-time pediatric hospitalist positions are available at Lurie Children’s Hospital and Lurie Children’s Immediate Care Center. Positions exclusively on the inpatient, general pediatric hospitalist teams (day and night roles and nighttime-only roles) as well as positions that combine activities across areas can be designed to tailor the mix of clinical activities to the unique interests of each candidate.

• Full-time faculty in the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine provide 1800 hours of clinical service per year.
• Clinical schedules are published in several month increments and there are frequent shift trades within the group to ensure faculty can adjust their clinical schedules when needed.
• Lurie Children’s utilizes the Epic electronic health record system.
• Academic appointments for faculty are through Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Appointment will be commensurate with the academic accomplishments of the candidate.
• Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship or certification is not required for this position.

• Competitive pay including malpractice, medical, dental and vision insurance.
• As a non-profit organization, Lurie Children’s is a qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• The 403B retirement plan has a highly competitive employer contribution component as well.
• Continuing Medical Education monies are allotted at $2750/year for full-time faculty.

Faculty in the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine are deeply involved across Lurie Children’s, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the local and global communities in our organizational mission to achieve a healthier future for every child. Many hospitalist faculty are leaders in education, advocacy, quality improvement, health equity, clinical informatics and scholarship.

In addition to clinical teaching, many faculty regularly facilitate Problem Based Learning or Medical Clinical Skills courses at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. There are abundant opportunities to be involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate medical trainees and numerous mentors and educational leaders in the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine.

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