Physician Director - Pediatric Hospitalist-Princeton Community Hospital

Overview

West Virginia University Health System (SMG) seeks a Pediatric Hospitalist, Medical Director for our Pediatric Hospitalist program at Princeton Community Hospital.

As Medical Director, you will oversee the Princeton Pediatric Hospitalist Program, ensuring the highest quality treatment, overseeing delivery of clinical care, making recommendations for staffing, maintaining consultation service, streamlining clinical processes, developing clinical protocols, and maintaining high levels of patient satisfaction and safety. You will also oversee quality metrics, work closely with physicians, administration, nursing and technical staff to maintain excellent clinical care operations, and organize new program development.

Hospitalists provide 24‑hour call coverage, round on admitted patients including nursery, support the ED by providing consultative services and admitting unassigned patients, and provide coverage for community pediatricians with appropriate notice and sign‑out.

• M.D. or D.O. degree or foreign equivalent.
• Completed residency in Pediatrics or Family Medicine.
• West Virginia medical license (eligible).
• Board eligibility in Family Medicine or Pediatrics.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  40
• Exempt/Non‑Exempt:
  Exempt
• Company: SMG System Medical Group
• Cost Center: 7509 SMG Hospitalist Princeton
• Address: 122 12th Street, Princeton, West Virginia

WVU Medicine is West Virginia University’s affiliated health system, the state’s largest private employer and a national leader in patient safety and quality. It comprises eleven member hospitals and five hospitals under management agreements, anchored by the flagship J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, a 700‑plus bed academic medical center. WVU Medicine employs over 1,000 active medical staff and 18,000 employees.

PCH is a fully accredited 203‑bed acute care multispecialty facility serving a 10‑county region in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. It offers advanced medical technologies and procedures, including state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic imaging and minimally invasive surgery, and provides behavioral health services at The Behavioral Healthcare Pavilion, a 64‑bed psychiatric hospital in Bluefield.

Send resume to Karen‑Marie Johnson, Senior Physician Recruiter and Talent Advisor at karen‑marie.johnson.

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