Locums – Memphis, Tennessee, Pediatrics Hospitalist Opening
Locums – Memphis, Tennessee, Pediatrics Hospitalist Opening
- Clinical Role:
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- ASAP
- Ongoing
- Shift Description: Days 7am-5pm; Nights 5pm – 7am; 24-hr. 7am-7am
- Weekend Requirements
- 7-10 Minimum # of shifts per month
- Shift Responsibilities: 9:15 am multidisciplinary rounds, see patients in Nursery & Peds floor, some procedures required
- Shift Responsibilities and Procedures: Sometimes physicians will tie off an extra digital (nursery) and perform periodic lumbar punctures in the Nursery or Peds Floor. No circumcisions. Physicians do not attend births
- Average number of admissions per night given night shift: May see 4-5 new babies and 1-2 PEDs. Most physicians speak to not finding it busy overnight. In general, summer is a light time of year
- Locked small sleeping suite available (bed, television, shower, etc.). Area is cleaned daily by environmental services.
- Times typically get called at night: Variable – depends on acuity of patients on the floor. Physicians do get calls – yet this ranges extensively. There have been times when no calls have come in for 5 hours and other nights where it was much more frequent. The middle of summer is lighter than the other seasons, such as winter
- Specialty Backup: Neurology, Endocrinology, Cardiology ID for adolescents, telephone consults for any other specialty; back-up NICU 24/7 support
- Average Daily Census: Nursery 6-8, Peds 6-8 with outliers
- Beds in Facility: 104
- Average Patient Age: Peds Floor (35+ weeks for Newborn)
- Board Certified Pediatrics with Hospitalist experience preferred
- BLS, NRP, PALS Required
- Active TN License
- EMR: MediMobile, Epic
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