Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician

Department: PCM-G-MAIN | Infectious Disease

Location:

Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Days, 8am-5pm

Category:
Physician/Div Chief/Med Dir

Posting #: 979695

Employee Type:
Full-Time

Posting

Note:

Phoenix Children’s is seeking Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physicians.

The Division of Infectious Diseases at Phoenix Children’s in Phoenix, AZ is seeking to recruit pediatric  to provide clinical care at Phoenix Children’s.

A successful applicant will be joining a growing division consisting of physicians and advanced practice providers. The applicant is expected to be board-certified or board-eligible in pediatric infectious diseases and have a commitment to patient care and trainee education. The applicant will have a clinical faculty title at The University of Arizona College of Medicine, and opportunities to have a clinical faculty title at Mayo Clinic
- Scottsdale, and Creighton University College of Medicine.

The division provides care through an inpatient consult service in addition to the outpatient c. The position also involves teaching of medical students, residents, and clinical fellows. This growing division also has responsibilities for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Prevention and Transplant Programs for bone marrow/stem cell, heart, liver and kidney. Opportunities for involvement in these areas, in pediatric HIV medicine and in research are all available.

As a Phoenix Children’s employed physician, a successful applicant is offered the following:

• Highly competitive guaranteed base salary
• productivity incentive bonus
• patient safety, quality and experience incentive plan
• competitive Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• CME time and dollar allowance
• A benefit package that includes but is not limited to 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, 457(b) Deferred Compensation plan, short and long term disability, malpractice, life and AD&D insurance

As Arizona’s only Children’s Hospital, Phoenix Children’s is a 533-bed, freestanding specialty children’s hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona. The hospital serves a spectrum of patients ranging from local community general pediatric patients to complex patients from throughout Arizona and into surrounding states and northern Mexico.

The staff physician shall provide patient care services and will support the Phoenix Children's mission of providing hope, healing and the best health care for children and their families.

• Patient Care Services
  1)
  Provide patient care services for which he/she is clinically privileged, including but not limited to:
  a)
  Provide direct patient care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis
  b)
  Provide subspecialty consultations and follow-up.
  c)
  Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services/procedures
  d)
  Provide these services for urgent/ emergent care as necessary
  2)
  Strive to achieve the best patient and family centered care
  3)
  Support Hospital’s patient satisfaction goals as well as division’s specific targets
  4)
  Support and adhere to divisional patient safety and quality of care standards
  5)
  Practices Contemporary Evidence based medicine or latest experience based medicine
• Divisional Responsibilities
  1)
  Establish and demonstrate effort to achieve annual physician goals and objectives (e.g. individual, division, hospital)
  2)
  Support the medical education programs and activities of the Division, including but not limited to:
  a)
  Provide direct supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals for the delivery of inpatient and outpatient services when applicable
  b)
  Conduct teaching rounds, lectures and conference for trainees
  c)
  Participate in the teaching and supervision of trainees and allied health care professionals assigned to the division
  d)
  Participate in the postgraduate continuing educational activities of the division
  3)
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