Pediatric Critical Care Physician

Job Title: Pediatric Critical Care Physician

Location: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville

Department: Pediatrics

Schedule: Rotation

Work Type: Full Time, 1.0 FTE

Please send CV and email of interest to Betsy Kelchner, Provider Recruiter at brkelchner@geisinger.edu

Geisinger Janet Weis Children's Hospital is seeking a BC/BE, full-time Pediatric Critical Care physician to join the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. We would prefer candidates who have at least 5 years of experience post fellowship, but new graduates are welcome to apply as well. Our highly collaborative group consists of 7 fellowship -trained Pediatric Intensivists, three Physician Assistants, and the support of a wide array of subspecialties. Our 14 bed PICU admits approximately 800 children annually. Case mix is high acuity and spans the breadth of pediatric critical illness and injury. The group places a priority in fostering a family-centric, collegial and best practice approach in the care of our children. Our VPS collaborative data has placed our unit in the top 10% nationally in both PRISM III standardized mortality rate and length of stay.

We have very active and growing trauma, chronic ventilation, sedation and palliative care programs. Our children's hospital has thriving hospitalist program and independent pediatric and medicine /pediatric residencies. We also participate in the education of emergency medicine and surgical residents. We have recently renovated our pediatric emergency medicine zone to include family friendly private rooms, acute care and procedure rooms.

The Department of Pediatrics provides the full range of inpatient medical and surgical subspecialty services, including pediatric hospitalists, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology, cardiology, genetics, infectious disease and the full spectrum of pediatric surgical subspecialties. We have active outpatient services including outreach clinics in general and subspecialty pediatrics. We take pride in the support we provide:

· Competitive straight salary model linked to quality and value versus productivity measures

· Excellent benefits package, including Malpractice & Tail coverage

· Four weeks of paid vacation time annually

· A generous employer retirement contribution

· Full relocation package

· 15 days and $3500 for CME

Janet Weis Children's Hospital (JWCH), located on GMC's campus in Danville, is the regions only dedicated 5-floor, 91 bed children's hospital with a full-service hospitalist and intensive care services. JWCH's team of medical and surgical specialists provide care in over 30 pediatric specialties, including a 41 bed Level IV NICU and 14 bed Level I PICU. JWCH provides medical malpractice insurance with tail coverage.

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.

About Geisinger

One of the nation's most innovative health services organizations, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The system includes 13 hospital campuses, a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. A physician-led organization, with approximately 32,000 employees and more than 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger leverages an estimated $12.7 billion positive annual impact on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey economies. Repeatedly recognized nationally for integration, quality and service, Geisinger has a long-standing commitment to patient care, medical education, research and community service. For more information, visit geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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