Pediatric Critical Care Hospitalist (Pediatrician)

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Overview

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is currently seeking certified/board eligible general pediatricians to join the Division of Critical Care. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit is a 43 bed medical/surgical intensive care unit. The hospitalist will join one of 3 intensivist led teams and be responsible for the direct provision of clinical care to include assessment, diagnosis, as well as implementation and coordination of the care plan.

Night call responsibilities will be supported by 24/7 in house attending intensivist presence. Admitting greater 2,500 patients annually, the Division cares for high acuity and high complexity patients with a variety of diagnosis that include acute respiratory failure, sepsis, acute kidney injury, trauma, neurocritical care diagnoses, solid organ transplantation, and bone marrow transplantation. In addition to the provision of common critical care therapies, the ICU has an active extracorporeal therapy program with access to continuous renal replacement therapy, apheresis, ventricular assist devices, and an ECMO program that commonly exceeds 30 cases annually.

The ideal candidate will have had training or experience in a similar intensive care environment, function well in a high volume/high acuity situations and demonstrate an ability for effective collaboration in our multi-professional team model of care. The hospitalist will also have an opportunity to engage in academic activities such as quality and process improvement initiatives within the ICU, educational and professional development opportunities, and engagement with the many trainees that comprise our clinical and academic environment.

The successful applicant must share our unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds.

Please apply with CV and cover letter using link below or send to [email protected].

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At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

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Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation are all factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.  CM is committed to creating a workforce that supports the diverse backgrounds of our patients and families. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team, so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, and beliefs.