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Physician - General Pediatrician

Ochsner Health

Meridian (MS)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

24 days ago

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Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and families. This opportunity as a Pediatrician offers a chance to work in a supportive environment with a strong referral base, ensuring you can focus on delivering exceptional patient care. Enjoy a flexible work schedule, competitive compensation, and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and retirement options. With a commitment to professional development and a vibrant community, you’ll find a fulfilling career path that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. Embrace the chance to shape the future of pediatric care in a family-oriented town with rich cultural offerings.

Benefits

Paid vacation
Holidays
CME
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Retirement options
Relocation assistance
Malpractice insurance
Tail insurance

Qualifications

  • Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatrician with experience in outpatient settings.
  • Strong commitment to patient care and community health.

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive pediatric care in an established outpatient clinic.
  • Collaborate with a team of pediatricians and NPs to ensure quality care.

Skills

Pediatric Medicine
Patient Care
Family Medicine
Neonatology

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Board Certification in Pediatrics

Tools

EPIC

Job description

We've made a lot of progress since opening the doors in 1942, but one thing has never changed - our commitment to serve, heal, lead, educate, and innovate. We believe that every award earned, every record broken and every patient helped is because of the dedicated employees who fill our hallways.

At Ochsner, whether you work with patients every day or support those who do, you are making a difference and that matters. Come make a difference at Ochsner Health and discover your future today!

Ochsner Rush Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatrician for our outpatient Family Medical Clinic. Ochsner Health is an integrated healthcare system with more than 36,000 employees and over 4,600 employed and affiliated physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. It operates 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South.

Excellent opportunity for a Pediatrician as Ochsner Rush Health is committed to growing its Pediatric program, with a large service area and full support from our 215-bed hospital and medical staff, along with administration.

Highlights of this opportunity:
  • Established outpatient practice -currently 2 pediatricians in the clinic along with a family medicine physician and 3 NPs.
  • Will not cover nursery or C-Sections; Neonatology coverage does that. Level III NICU.
  • Ability to step into an already existing practice with a large referral base throughout East Mississippi and West Alabama.
  • Pediatric Clinic located on Highway 19 North - nearby Ochsner Rush.


Compensation and Benefits:
  • Salary is commensurate with experience and training
  • Paid vacation, holidays and CME
  • Full benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Additional benefit options focused on physical, financial, social and mental health
  • Retirement options (401k, 403b, and 457b)
  • Relocation assistance
  • Malpractice and tail insurance


Why Choose Ochsner Health:
  • Flexible schedules to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
  • Integrated health care delivery model with multi-specialty collaboration, large internal referral network and innovative resources dedicated to improving patient care and your ease of practice.
  • Physician-led organization that ensures our providers are given the tools and support needed to care for patients.
  • Professional development opportunities in teaching, research, physician leadership and community service.
  • EPIC medical record platform utilized throughout the health system to enhance flexibility in patient management.


Calling Meridian home: A mid-sized town with a population of 45 to 50,000. Commonly referred as the Transportation Center of the South, Meridian is very centrally located with rapid access to major cities including New Orleans, LA (3 hours); Jackson, MS (1.5 hours); Birmingham, AL (2.5 hours); Atlanta, GA (4 hours); and the beaches of Gulf Shores, AL (3.5 hours). It is a very family Oriented community with conservative values, a low cost of Living, low crime rate and excellent school options. Our beautiful year-round warm weather allows for multiple outdoor activities including camping, fishing, hiking and boating. Meridian has a strong medical community with Rush Health Systems making up the largest non-military employer in the region. Known for its thriving performing arts, the city boasts the MS Arts & Entertainment Experience (MAX); the Riley Center; The Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian Little Theatre, the Meridian Symphony Orchestra and a newly opened Children's Museum.

Our comprehensive Ochsner Children's program includes 88 primary care pediatricians in 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi - and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children's) totaling over 270 physicians. The group is the region's leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of pediatric complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group, advanced GI and Hepatology, advanced spine surgery, Hematology-Oncology and AYA Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery and the region's only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.

Ochsner Children's currently cares for patients in a 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, a NAEC-accredited level IV 4 bed Pediatric EMU and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, supported by a 24-7 dedicated pediatric and neonatal transport team utilizing rotary and fixed wing as well as ground transport. And we recently began construction on the building of a new, comprehensive, dedicated 5-story Children's Hospital on our main campus in New Orleans, with expected opening at the start of 2028.

In addition to direct patient care, Ochsner Children's Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is also responsible for teaching pediatric residents from the Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency program as well as medical students from both Tulane and the University of Queensland, Australia. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint allopathic College of Medicine, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine which is in the LCME accreditation process currently. Our faculty publishes hundreds of research papers annually and Ochsner participate in numerous multi-center studies and trials.

Ochsner Children's is proud to have ranked in multiple subspecialties in US News and World Report's top 50 Children's Hospitals in the US for 8 years in a row. #1 Ranked Children's Hospital in Louisiana!

Are you ready to make a difference? Apply Today!

Ochsner Health does not consider an individual an applicant until they have formally applied to the open position on this careers website.

Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Washington, and Washington D.C.

Ochsner Health endeavors to make our site accessible to all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website, or if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact our HR Employee Solution Center at 504-842-4748 (select option 1) or careers@ochsner.org. This contact information is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination based on any characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. These protections extend to applicants and all employment related decisions.
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