Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery Pediatrician

Job description

Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville is seeking a passionate and dynamic Newborn Nursery Pediatrician to work in partnership with Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Key Responsibilities
• Evaluates and treats newborns with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills.
• Adheres, contributes, and develops clinical patient pathways to ensure a standardized approach to newborn medicine.
• Establish and update protocols to ensure proper newborn care
• Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
• Acts as admitting, attending for newborns
• Providers will be the primary educator for the pediatric residents.
• Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
• Participates in inpatient rounds with the team to assure timely evaluations of all newborns.
• Call coverage

What We Offer
• No State Income Tax in Florida
• Competitive base compensation
• Annual incentive compensation that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Qualifications
• MD or DO
• Board certified/eligible in General Pediatrics
• Eligible for an unrestricted Florida medical license and DEA
• Pediatric Hospitalist fellowship preferred