Assistant Professor (GFT), Neonatology

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s Department of Pediatrics seeks a full-time Assistant Professor (GFT) in Neonatology to lead education and provide expert neonatal care in the NICU. You will supervise medical students, residents and fellows, and engage in interdisciplinary rounds.

The successful candidate will teach medical students and residents, participate in fellowship training, manage complex neonatal cases, collaborate with the health care team, and contribute to scholarly

Qualifications

• New York State Medical Licensure is required.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency is required.
• Board Certified in Pediatrics.
• Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine completed or in progress; board eligible.
• Possesses or be eligible for DEA Certification.

Responsibilities

• Educate and supervise medical students, PA/nursing students, residents and fellows in Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
• Provide neonatal clinical care and manage neonates, including high-risk cases.
• Attend as attending in the UHD NICU, participate in rounds and family education.
• Assist in administration of the ACGME accredited fellowship training program in NPM.
• Participate in scholarly activities and academic advancement for the department.

Skills

Teaching supervision

Clinical NICU care

Family communication

Academic advancement

Scholarly activity

Education

New York State Medical Licensure

ACGME-accredited residency

Board Certified in Pediatrics

Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (completed or in progress)

DEA Certification

Job description

Job Description

The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Assistant Professor (GFT), Neonatology. The successful candidate will:

• Provide education, clinical supervision, and formal teaching to medical students, PA/Nursing students, residents, and fellows within Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
• Provide clinical care and evaluate, assess and manage and neonatal and infant patients at University Hospital at Downstate with emphasis on specialty. care of newborn infants, particularly those born prematurely or with serious or complex medical conditions.
• Work directly as attending of record in the UHD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to diagnose, treat, and monitor the health or NICU patients, while providing support and education to families during a critical time. Respond to calls to Labor and Delivery and elsewhere as needed for high-risk deliveries or fetuses in distress. Respond to calls for consults in term newborn nursery.
• Assist in the administration and activities of the ACGME accredited fellowship training program in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
• Perform patient assessment and treatment, monitor vital signs, managing complex medical situations, family communication, collaboration with healthcare team (NICU nurses, respiratory therapists, and other specialists) to develop and carry out a comprehensive care plan for each infant; perform procedures
• Attend high-risk deliveries requiring expertise in delivery room resuscitation and stabilization anticipated events.
• Actively participate in daily patient rounds, medical records documentation of patient status, admission H and P, daily progress notes, procedure notes, medication reconciliation. and discharge summaries.
• Perform NICU attending on clinical service with rotations in the NICU, on-site night and, week-end day or night calls in rotation with the other NICU attendings, possible, high risk follow-up/developmental clinics, and conducting neonatal critical care transports.
• Serve as supervising physician in the residency training program teaching and supervising residents and participating in the interviews/recruitment, mentoring and evaluation of residents.
• Participate in any of a range of scholarly activities such as clinical research with potential for reviewed publications and or extramural grant support necessary for eligibility for academic advancement.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students, health related professions students and staff. Engagement in administrative and committee work as institutional service is also expected and necessary for academic advancement.
• Participate in the Clinical Practice Management Plan of the Department Pediatrics as a billing provider or contracted service provider.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• New York State Medical Licensure.
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency.
• Board Certified in Pediatrics.
• Successfully completed or be completing an ACGME accredited fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) and be Board Certified or eligible for NPM.
• Possesses or be eligible for DEA Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Evidence of academic experience, including teaching and/or research/scholarship, is strongly preferred.