Pediatric Hospitalist

Company: Geisinger-Community Medical Center - Geisinger
Location: Scranton
Posted on: December 4, 2019

Job Description:

Geisinger is seeking two BC/BE Pediatric Hospitalists to join our team of Geisinger providers in our Northeast campus which is expanding our services to Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, PA. The successful candidates will provide coverage for inpatient/observation admissions, emergency room consults, and coverage of Level 1 Nursery. Schedule will be an aggregate of seven days on and seven days off with after- hours coverage by beeper call at home (30 minute availability). About this position:

• Coverage of Level I nursery primarily driven for our new Certified Nurse Midwife practice which has back up from Obstetrics. Coverage for deliveries as needed to include coverage for c-sections. Care will be for low risk deliveries of well infants 35 weeks and above with transfer of sick infants to our NICU 20 minutes, away. Circumcisions are provided by the Pediatric Hospitalists.
• Care of community based pediatric patients based on a mixed population med/surgical unit. Most admissions will be from community physicians as well as referrals from the emergency department.
• Emergency room consults are usually handled by telephone or direct admission.
• Will provide consults for other services on admitted pediatric patients.
• Provides preoperative clearance for podiatry patients requiring surgical services.
• Provides care of adolescent psychiatry patients awaiting mental health placement. 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. 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. Geisinger is known for its focus on caring and innovative programs including the ProvenCare-- best-practice approach to maximize quality, safety and value; ProvenHealth Navigator-- advanced medical home; Springboard Health-- population health program to improve the health of an entire community; ProvenExperience--- to provide refunds to patients unhappy with their care experience; and Geisinger's MyCode-- Community Health Initiative, the largest healthcare system-based precision health project in the world. With more than 215,000 volunteer participants enrolled, MyCode is conducting extensive research and returning medically actionable results to participants. 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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