Per Diem Staff Physician - Pediatrics, General Hospitalist

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Tuition remission

Dental benefits

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking a compassionate newborn medicine physician to join our per-diem hospitalist team at Holtz Children’s Hospital. The role focuses on healthy newborn care in Mother-Baby units and teaching services for residents and medical students.

Responsibilities include direct inpatient care, rounds, family communication, and supervision of learners, with opportunities to participate in quality improvement and academic activities.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid medical degree and be board-certified or board-eligible in pediatrics or pediatric hospital medicine.
• Florida medical license or eligibility to obtain one.
• Excellent interpersonal and teaching skills for a teaching service.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct inpatient care to healthy newborns in Mother-Baby Units.
• Provide care to pediatric patients in general inpatient units.
• Serve as attending physician for general pediatric inpatient service with teaching responsibilities.
• Conduct family-centered rounds with effective communication.
• Escalate care to pediatric subspecialists when needed.
• Document findings and communicate with families and care teams.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Clinical excellence

Teaching & supervision

CME compliance

Education

MD

Board-Certified/Board-Eligible in Pediatrics or Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Florida medical license or eligible

Job description

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SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBLITIES:

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled physician dedicated to newborn medicine and pediatric hospital care. The per-diem hospitalist will provide coverage as needed to ensure the division maintains uninterrupted care for patients admitted in the General Pediatrics wards and Mother-Baby units at Holtz Children’s Hospital. Our pediatric hospitalists deliver comprehensive care for healthy newborns in our Mother-Baby units, serving either on an attending-only service or on a teaching service that includes pediatric residents, rotating residents, and University of Miami medical students. In addition to newborn medicine, our team also provides coverage for general inpatient services, all of which are designated as teaching services.

OUTLINE OF ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/FUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

Clinical Care Provide direct inpatient care to healthy newborns in the Mother-Baby Units, including performance and interpretation of standard newborn screening tests and application of high-risk protocols for infants with identified risk factors.

Escalate care appropriately and involve pediatric subspecialists based on clinical findings.

Provide direct care to pediatric patients admitted to general inpatient pediatric units.

Serve as the attending physician for the general pediatric inpatient service, which functions as a teaching service.

Conduct family-centered rounds and maintain effective, compassionate communication with families and the multidisciplinary team.

Provide consultation services for hospitalized pediatric patients on any service as needed.

Perform perioperative optimization for pediatric patients at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.

Document all clinical findings, decisions, and actions in accordance with institutional standards and ensure timely communication with families, staff, and care teams.

Education & Supervision Supervise and teach pediatric residents, rotating residents, and medical students on the Mother-Baby Units and general pediatric inpatient services. Model evidence-based practice, promote clinical reasoning, and support the educational mission of the division.

Quality Improvement & Professional Activities Participate in quality improvement initiatives, including monitoring outcomes and supporting protocol updates to improve patient care and safety. Contribute to divisional and departmental committee work as assigned. Engage in academic activities, including quality, safety, educational projects, or administrative initiatives aligned with the division’s mission.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Valid Medical Degree Board-Certified or Board-Eligible in Pediatrics and/or Pediatric Hospital Medicine Valid and unrestricted Florida Medical License or eligible to apply

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Must maintain CME to meet institutional and state licensing requirements. Must have excellent clinical knowledge and experience to provide safe and quality care to patients and meet institutional standards of care. Must have excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with staff, patients, and family members. Must demonstrate the ability to meet responsibilities of the position.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Must be able to physically respond when on-call Hospital maintains safety and infection control programs in place to reduce risk to employees

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Part time Employee Type: Temporary-Intermittent

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.