Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Hartford HealthCare as a full-time Pediatric Hospitalist in Bridgeport, CT. This role involves providing comprehensive care in the newborn nursery and performing hospital pediatric coverage while supporting medical students. Enjoy competitive compensation, robust benefits, and a collaborative environment. Located in a vibrant New England community, this position offers a fulfilling opportunity for professionals dedicated to pediatric healthcare.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation

Generous Paid-Time Off

Loan repayment support

Reimbursement for CME and professional society membership

Opportunity to teach and precept students

Qualifications

• Passion for providing patient-centered care to pediatric patients.
• Willingness to work closely within an interdisciplinary team.
• Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License or eligible.
• BC/BE in Pediatrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide full hospital pediatric coverage including newborn nursery.
• Teach and precept medical students.
• Collaborate with neonatologists and manage infant care.

Skills

Patient-centered care

Collaboration

Education

BC/BE in Pediatrics

Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License

Job description

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: 24 hours shifts

Bridgeport, CT – Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery - Full-time

Join a collaborative, patient-centered team at Hartford HealthCare, where we support our physicians in their professional and work-life balance goals.

Location(s):

Hospital:St. Vincent’s Medical Center, 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06606-4201

Position details:

• Full time, newborn nursery and hospital pediatric coverage

• Schedule:

  • Six (6) weekday shifts and two (2) weekend shifts per four (4) week cycle

  • There are thirteen (13) cycles per year

  • Each shift is twenty-four (24) hours

  • For weekday shifts, physician must be on-site at the hospital between 5:00PM- 10:00AM of each twenty four (24) hour shift and available via phone between 10:00AM – 5:00PM

  • For weekend shifts, physician must be on-site at the hospital for the entire twenty-four (24) hour shift

• Hospital coverage includes rounding on newborns, attending c-sections (both scheduled and emergent), managing photo therapy, occasional pedi consults to E.D. or floors, and stabilization of newborns for transport

• Faculty opportunity with Quinnipiac University teaching med students
• Support from neonatologists 24/7

• No circumcisions

• Hospital averages over 1,000 deliveries annually

Location:

Located just minutes to New York City and two hours from Boston, we are in the heart of New England’s most stunning communities offering your family nationally acclaimed school systems, a choice to live at the shore, in vibrant urban areas, near a major university or in a Kiplinger “Top 10 Best City to Raise a Family” and Travel & Leisure’s “Coolest Suburb in America”.

At Hartford HealthCare, Physicians enjoy:

• Highly competitive compensation

• Robust benefits including a generous 401K match, CME and paid time off

• Loan repayment support

• Generous Paid-Time Off

• Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice

• Opportunity to teach and precept students

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A passion for providing patient-centered care to a pediatric patient population

• A willingness to work closely and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team
• An unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
• BC/BE in Pediatrics

Contact Information:

Jennifer Straka, Physician Recruiter, Hartford HealthCare

Cell: 860-996-4441

Email: [e-mail]