Pediatric Hospitalist & Emergency Medicine Physician

Department

SOM Wichita Pediatrics

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Pediatrics-Newborns

Pediatric Hospitalist & Emergency Medicine Physician

Academic

The Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita is seeking a full-time faculty position in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Candidates will be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. This is a unique opportunity that blends community feel and size, robust pediatric hospital and emergency medicine resources, and traditional university-based academic opportunities.

Our inpatient healthcare team is completed by a pediatric nursing staff, centralized pediatric sedation, pediatric pharmacists, dedicated pediatric respiratory therapists, allied health specialists, social work, nutrition, and child life. Our team is the primary teaching faculty in inpatient and newborn pediatrics and emergency room medicine for our residents and medical students.

• Provide direct patient care for hospitalized infants, children, and adolescents on pediatric hospital floor.
• Provide direct patient care for inpatient newborn patients in both well newborn and level 2 nursery
• Provide direct patient care for emergency department patients in the emergency room.
• Work in conjunction with pediatric and adult medicine subspecialists, including anesthesia, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, neurology, nephrology, oncology, orthopedics, radiology, and surgery, to provide effective and co-managed inpatient, inpatient newborn care, and emergency room care.
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency and clinical care for patients.

• Educate, supervise, and participate in the evaluation process of residents, medical students, and other allied health trainees in pediatric hospital medicine and newborn care.
• Attend and actively participate in division and departmental meetings.
• Serve on selected departmental and hospital committees as requested by the director.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Equitable participation in call coverage.
• Participation in daytime, swing, and night shift in-house coverage.
• Equitable participation in holiday and weekend coverage.

MD/DO Degree

This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements, institutional standards of academic and professional excellence, alignment with peer institution benchmarks, and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.

• Board certified/eligible in pediatrics
• Board certified/eligible in emergency medicine
• Licensed or eligible for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Kansas

• Previous experience teaching in an academic setting

• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice
• Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and residents
• Work cooperatively, collegially, and professionally within a multi-disciplinary team environment

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.