Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

D-H Lebanon-MHMH • $180K — $220K *
Bennington, VT 05201In-Person
Healthcare
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Qualifications

  • MD or DO Degree
  • Completion of ACGME or AOA-accredited Pediatrics residency
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Minimum 2 years clinical practice in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Eligible for Vermont medical license

Responsibilities

  • Develop pediatric and behavioral health admission criteria and protocols
  • Maintain pediatric provider hospital schedule
  • Enhance relationships with Dartmouth Health Pediatrics, hospitalists, and subspecialists
  • Act as the pediatric subject matter expert in the hospital
  • Consult on emergency pediatric cases as needed
  • Demonstrate clinical competence in Pediatric Hospital Medicine services
  • Teach residents and students
  • Oversee admission, daily management, and discharge of pediatric patients

Benefits

  • Collaboration with Dartmouth Health's comprehensive pediatric services
  • Leadership opportunity in a growing Pediatric Hospital Medicine program
  • Access to a supportive, interdisciplinary healthcare team
  • Opportunity to mentor medical trainees
  • Work-life balance with 70% clinical and 30% administrative time
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Overview

Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Southwestern Vermont Medical

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a member of Dartmouth Health (DH), is seeking an experienced, collaborative physician leader to serve as Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. The Medical Director will provide oversight and leadership of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine service at SVMC. It is the expectation that the physician holding this position will work 70% of their FTE providing direct patient care with 30% allocated for administration activities.

The Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine will report to the Chief Medical Officer and serve as the senior hospital-based pediatric provider with a focus on newborn nursery, inpatient pediatrics and medical complexity of the adolescent behavioral health unit. The Medical Director will partner with the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Director of Women's and Children's service line, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Quality Officer to optimize the care of infants, children and adolescents admitted to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC).

Qualifications

  • MD or DO Degree
  • Successful completion of an ACGME/AOA - accredited residency training program in Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Minimum of 2 years of clinical practice in a Pediatric Hospital Medicine setting
  • Eligible for Vermont medical license


Responsibilities

  • Develop inpatient pediatric and behavioral health admission criteria, policies and protocols for the evolving services.
  • Maintain the pediatric provider hospital schedule
  • Maintain an enhanced relationship with the Dartmouth Health Department of Pediatrics including pediatric hospitalists and subspecialists
  • Serve as the hospital-based pediatric subject matter expert
  • Consult on emergency and express care pediatric patients as requested
  • Demonstrate continued clinical competence in providing Pediatric Hospital Medicine services during the last appointment cycle
  • Teach residents, medical students, NP students and PA students
  • Admission, Daily Management and Discharge of patients admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Medicine service for non-surgical care, including but not limited to the following Core privileges:

Core Privileges
  1. Co-management of adolescents admitted to the behavioral health unit
  2. Diagnose and/or manage pediatric preventive and well child care
  3. Diagnose/manage acute episodic illnesses and exacerbation of chronic conditions
  4. Simple removal of foreign bodies (e.g., from ears/nose)
  5. General lumbar puncture
  6. Gynecologic evaluation: prepubertal/post pubertal females
  7. Immunizations
  8. Incision/drainage of superficial abscesses
  9. Injections: subcutaneous, intradermal, intramuscular
  10. Inpatient - Chest Tube Placement (Pediatrics)
  11. Inpatient - Endotracheal intubation, emergency
  12. Inpatient - Gastric lavage (accidental ingestions)
  13. Inpatient - Manage preoperative/postoperative care directly or on a consultative basis
  14. Inpatient - Peripheral arterial puncture
  15. Insertion of intravenous lines
  16. Laceration repair, simple suture/suture removal
  17. Newborn - Circumcision
  18. Newborn - Evaluate, diagnose and treat newborns, 35 weeks gestation and above
  19. Newborn - Frenectomy
  20. Evaluation of physical and sexual abuse
  21. Manage uncomplicated simple fractures/dislocations
  22. Suprapubic bladder aspiration (Pediatrics)
  23. Urethral catheterization
  24. Venipuncture


Required Licensure/Certifications

  • Current or Eligible for Vermont Medical License
  • Current or eligible for ABMS Board Certification (to be obtained within 5 years)
  • Active hospital staff membership

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