Neonatologist

  Job title:                       Neonatologist

Location:                       Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA

Department:                  Neonatology

 

Geisinger is seeking a Level IV BC/BE neonatologist (experience preferred but not required) to join their current neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners and neonatal physician assistants based at the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Danville, PA.

 About the NICU at GMC

*41-bed, Level IV Regional NICU serving Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania

*Approximately 700 admissions and 250 neonatal transports annually via helicopter and ground transport service with unit-based transport team.

*High risk delivery service is located immediately adjacent to the NICU.

*Training site for pediatric and internal medicine-pediatric residents, physician assistant residency program in neonatology, medical students and neonatal nurse practitioner students from various universities.

 Job Requirements

*Recent experience with high-frequency ventilation, nitric oxide administration, hypothermia therapy, congenital heart disease and peri-operative management is required.

 About the Department

*Neonatologists are supported by maternal fetal medicine specialists, as well as a complete array of pediatric medical and surgical specialists.

*Neonatologists provide continuous in-house NICU coverage together with the neonatal nurse practitioners, neonatal physician assistants and pediatric residents.

*Neonatology conducts frequent neonatal outreach education and simulation programs to referring hospitals throughout our area.

*Neonatology co-directs with maternal fetal medicine the Center for Prenatal Pediatrics, which coordinates multispecialty consultation to mothers and families expecting a fetus with congenital anomalies, serving over 400 families per year.

*The NICU is a member of the Vermont-Oxford Network VLBW database and all department members are expected to participate in performance improvement projects.

For more information, please contact Kathy Kardisco, Department of Talent Management, at 570-214-4460 or kkardisco@geisinger.edu.

 OUR PURPOSE & VALUES:   Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.   KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.   EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.   LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.   INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

 GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.  GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics.  The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.

 ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.

 We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.