Physician/Attending - Urgent Care (Full Time)

Nicklaus Children's; Florida; On-site; USD 210,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicklaus Children’s Health System is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible pediatrician with Emergency Medicine or Urgent Care experience for a full-time Urgent Care position in South Florida. The role involves working in a state-of-the-art urgent care center with on-site radiology and lab services, offering 11 am–11 pm shifts and around 1,728 annual clinical hours in a fast-paced setting.

The ideal candidate has pediatric EM or urgent care experience with BLS, PALS, and EMS

Qualifications

• Board-certified or board-eligible pediatrician with emergency medicine or urgent care experience.
• Experience in pediatric emergency/urgent care settings is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide full-time urgent care services for pediatric patients.
• Manage pediatric emergencies: trauma, asthma, sepsis, dehydration, and febrile illnesses.
• Perform pediatric suturing and wound management; coordinate with EMS and transport when needed.

Skills

Pediatric Emergency Medicine or Urgent

Education

BC/BE pediatric residency

Job description

Job Description - Physician/Attending - Urgent Care (Full Time) (302156)

Job Description

Physician/Attending - Urgent Care (Full Time) - 302156

Description

Outstanding Opportunity for Pediatrician with Emergency Medicine or Urgent Care experience to Join

Prestigious Children’s Health System in South Florida

Nicklaus Children’s Health System and Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (NCPS), the health system’s physician-led multispecialty group practice, have an opportunity for a board-certified or board-eligible (BC/BE) pediatric-residency trained physician with Emergency Medicine or Urgent Care experience for a full-time Urgent Care opportunity in South, FL.

Qualifications

• Pediatric Emergency Medicine or Urgent Care experience

Practice Overview

• State-of-the-art Urgent Care Center
• X-ray and laboratory on-site
• Shifts are 11 am – 11 pm 7 days/week
• 1,728 annual clinical hours
• Flexibility in time, open 365 days/year
• No Primary Care on site
• Fast-paced environment
• Full-Time opportunity

Nicklaus Children's Health System owns and operates a network of state-of-the-art Urgent Care Centers that require experience related to pediatric suturing, wound management, pediatric trauma and transport, emergency treatment of asthma, croup, respiratory distress, possible sepsis, dehydration, anaphylaxis, febrile illness, acute surgical abdomen, orthopedic cases that require diagnosis, splinting and transport. BLS, PALS and EMS activation and transport knowledge.

Academic Affiliation

Our academic affiliation is with Florida International University (FIU). This position is eligible to apply for a faculty appointment at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Each year, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital trains:

• 84 pediatric residents and 2 chief residents
• 49 subspecialty fellows in 17 distinct training programs

About Nicklaus Children’s Health System Where Your Child Matters Most

For more than 75 years, Nicklaus Children’s Health System has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. Nicklaus Children’s provides pediatric care across a growing network of hospital and community-based partnerships, including within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center, select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units, as well as at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Fort Lauderdale and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Coral Springs, each located on the campuses of Broward Health. The hospitals and their network of more than 35 outpatient locations offer lifesaving care in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties. The 474-bed system is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children’s also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with more than 40 pediatric specialties and an ambulatory surgery center.

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