Job Description
The Division of Neonatology at Connecticut Children's has an opening for an experienced, full-time, Board Certified/Board Eligible neonatologists with an established an interest in neurodevelopmental follow-up.
Clinical duties include caring for infants in our NICU's at Connecticut Children's in Hartford and John Dempsey Hospital, University of Connecticut in Farmington. Our Level IV at Connecticut Children's will be expanding into a new-single room tower in early 2027 with an increase in bed capacity to 65. The Hartford unit has full clinical and surgical subspecialty support including cardiac surgery, ECMO, and peritoneal and hemodialysis. Our Connecticut Children's Level III at John Dempsey Hospital has a bed capacity of 30. Both units are supported by teams which include Neonatologists, Advanced Practitioners, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellows, Nutritionists, Occupational and Speech Therapists, Pharmacists, Lactation Specialists, and Neonatal Nurses to provide top-level care to our infants and families. A point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program is being developed which includes training for all faculty. Our well-developed, and busy, neonatal neurodevelopmental clinic operates 2-3 days per week seeing NICU graduates and their families. Successful applicants will join a group of three neonatologists within the clinic and more than 30 physicians staffing our Level III and IV units.
Connecticut Children's has an accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship consisting of three fellows per year. The Division of Neonatology participates in the Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium (CHNC), a group of 46 Level IV centers across the U.S. and Canada serving to optimize clinical outcomes.
For more information, please reach out to Jeffrey S. Shenberger, MD, Chief of Neonatology at [redacted]
Responsibilities
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
-Provide assessment of patients by obtaining a comprehensive history.
- Examines patients to obtain objective physical data and supporting information through laboratory and imaging modalities.
- Formulate a differential diagnosis and develops a reasonable treatment plan to include pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and making appropriate referrals as indicated.
- Maintain ongoing documentation of patient interventions within the timeframe established by policy, to include documentation of initial assessment, treatment plans, progress notes and any other patient interactions, to include telephone calls.
- Collaborate with nursing, support personnel and administration in matters affecting patient care.
- Ensure the protection of patient rights and adherence to HIPAA regulations.
- Ensures appropriate handoff communications are accomplished.
- Responsible for teaching medical students, pediatric residents and neonatal fellows
- Initiate and/or participate in specific research or other scholarly activities.
Qualifications
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Education Required: M.D., or D.O. degree required
Active Scholarly Program with publication history is desirable
LICENSE and/or CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Active CT Physician license
Active DEA
Board eligible or certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine as appropriate.
