Pediatric Hospitalist

Overview

Newborn Hospitalist opportunity in Roanoke, VA

Pediatrix Medical Group has an immediate opportunity for a newborn hospitalist to join our neonatology practice at Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia.

• As one of our hospitalists, you will have primary responsibility for unassigned infants in the newborn nursery and NAS patients admitted to the 5-bed NEST and provide consultation to families and referring physicians.
• You will be the key clinician responsible for teaching medical students, pediatric and family practice residents and PA students who rotate through the unit.
• The average daily census is 10 newborns with 1,400 admissions a year.
• Enjoy an 8 hour, in-house schedule Monday-Friday with a neonatologist covering the newborn nursery on nights and weekends.
• No call from home, allowing for a satisfying work/life balance. 

About the hospital

• Carilion Children’s offers the region's only children’s hospital with a skilled staff of more than 350 medical professionals specifically trained in caring for infants and children to deliver top-notch care to every child and family.
• Their full-service 92-bed “hospital within a hospital” at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital includes a regional Level-IIIB Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for 60 newborns, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and an inpatient unit designed specifically for children.
• Carilion Children’s Hospital is western Virginia's only Pediatric Level-I trauma center with advanced medical transport units and an emergency department devoted to acutely ill or injured children.

Roanoke, Virginia is located midway between New York, NY and Atlanta, GA and is 168 miles west of the state capital of Richmond, Virginia. The city is the center of one of Virginia’s largest metropolitan regions, and a hub of transportation, finance, and industry for the southwestern part of the state. The scenic beauty of the Roanoke Valley, located between the Blue Ridge and the Virginia Alleghany Highlands, makes the city a pleasant as well as an economically diverse place to live and work.  The area offers a vibrant downtown and friendly community neighborhoods with character.  In addition, outdoor enthusiasts revel in the area’s mountainous beauty by taking advantage of parks within walking distance, Roanoke Valley Greenways which offer over 200 miles of a mixture of paved, natural surface trails and bicycle routes that stretch across the region.  The schools are excellent and the cost of living is low. 

Benefits

Our clinicians enjoy a competitive compensation package with many locations offering sign on bonuses, relocation and tuition reimbursement.

*Our benefits include: 

• Health (various options), life, vision, dental and disability insurance
• 401(k) with annual matching program
• Advanced and continuing medical education
• Leadership training and advancement opportunities
• Employee stock purchase plan at a 15% discount
• Professional liability insurance
• Support and payment for mandatory license/s and hospital credentialing

*These benefits are for full time employees, employees in other types of employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits.  

Mednax Services, Inc. is a national medical group. Over the last 40 years, through our network of over 3,500 clinicians in 39 states and Puerto Rico, we have reshaped care delivery within women's and children's specialties and subspecialties. Our clinical teams care for the unique population of high-risk pregnancies and critically ill infants and children in both hospital and ambulatory clinical settings. Over the years, clinicians practicing as part of Pediatrix and Obstetrix Medical Groups have used evidence-based tools, continuous quality initiatives, clinical research, and telemedicine to enhance patient experience, outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care. Our nationwide team of almost 8,000 employees, including physicians, advanced practitioners, clinical leaders, business and operational experts who work together every day to fulfill our mission to take great care of the patient®. We invite you to join the Mednax family and help shape the future of health care.

MEDNAX is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.