Pediatric Hospitalist Locum Opportunity

Pennsylvania

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Pediatric Hospitalist locums opportunity in Pittsburgh, PA where day and night coverage is needed


Start Date:

  • Day Coverage (ASAP)
  • Night Coverage (Beginning Q2,2023)

Multiple Providers Needed


Active PA State License, open to candidates needing to obtain PA license

DEA Required

BC/BE Required

PALS Certification Required


Schedule:

  • 30 shifts/month
  • Dayshift: 7am - 7pm
  • Nightshift: 7pm - 7 am
  • No Call

Job Details/Responsibilities :

  • Cap of 10-12 patients per provider
  • Typical Day: Daylight round, admit, and discharge as appropriate and provide ongoing care to patients on the shift.
  • There are no deliveries to attend, as they are admitted inpatients for non-critical areas
  • Seeing patients admitted to acute care floors with general pediatric diagnoses.
  • Various subspecialties available for consultation, and most of them admit their own patients to their own services (e.g. sickle cell crisis to Hematology, DKA to Endocrinology or Critical Care Medicine).

Typical Cases:

  • Dehydration from viral illness (respiratory of GI)
  • acute viral bronchiolitis
  • Asthma
  • Croup,
  • Pneumonia
  • Cellulitis/Abscess.
  • Possibility that other cases could include undifferentiated abdominal pain without evidence of appendicitis, undifferentiated musculoskeletal pain requiring further diagnostic evaluation, complex febrile seizure, high-risk BRUE, patients with medical complexity +/- technology dependence admitted due to desaturations or feeding intolerance, or other. We would limit diagnoses early in experiences, with perhaps progression to more complexity as providers become comfortable with our hospital.

EMR: Cerner

Time to Credential: 30 Days


For more information, please contact John Angel at or

Date Posted: 14 May 2024
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