Locum Tenens Pediatrics: General Job in Mississippi

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Pediatrics: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: Yes
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Short Term (Usually less than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: 3 months or greater

Pediatrician

Our client in Western Mississippi is currently in need of locums Pediatrician to join their facility for a call coverage only opportunity.

Requirements:

• Must be Board Eligible
• Must be able to care for Normal Newborn Nursery and Level II Newborn Nursery
• Skills:
  • Delivery Room Care:
    • Attend “at risk” cesarean delivery with neonatal team
    • Attend “at risk” vaginal delivery with neonatal team
  • General Pediatric Care: Adolescents, Children, Critical Care, Infants
  • Neonatal Care:
    • Level 1 Nursery
    • Level II Nursery (NICU)
    • Neonatal resuscitation
    • Routine Newborn Care
  • Procedures:
    • Arterial puncture
    • Central Venous Line
    • EKG interpretation
    • Laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation
    • Lumbar spinal tap
    • Management of simple fractures and dislocations
    • Moderate sedation – pediatric
    • Neonatal resuscitation
    • Phototherapy
    • Umbilical arterial line
    • Umbilical venous line
    • Ventilator management

Practice Details:

• Practice Setting: Inpatient. No clinic work - only hospital call for ER, consults, IP, and nursery.
• Coverage Type: Call Only
  • Call Type: Beeper
  • Call Response Time Required: 30 minutes
  • Call Ratio: 1:1
  • 8-10% Hands On
  • Locums call is for both assigned and unassigned patients
  • Average Call Numbers per 24 Hours
    • Phone Consults: 2
    • Patients Seen: 5-10
    • Admissions: 1-2
• Hours/Shifts: Monday – Sunday, IP Rounding and On Call
• Rounding: Both assigned and unassigned patients
• Patients Per Shift: 5-10
• Provider will not be required to supervise other healthcare providers

• Hourly Pay Rate: Open

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card

• Facility Type: Hospital
• Number of Hospital Beds:
• Number of ER Visits Per Year:
• Number of Deliveries Per Year: