Overview:
A leading healthcare facility is seeking a Board-Certified Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician for a locum tenens assignment in Marquette, MI. This inpatient NICU opportunity offers supplemental coverage with the potential for ongoing dates.
Position Highlights:
- Specialty: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call
- Setting: Inpatient / NICU
- Start Date: July 13, 2026 Ongoing
- Initial Coverage Dates: 7/13/2026 (6 AM) 7/28/2026 (6 AM)
- Potential for Ongoing Coverage: Yes
Work Details:
- Average 10 patients per shift
- 21-bed department
- Rounding responsibilities included
- Beeper call coverage required
- Call response time: 15 minutes
- Call back percentage: %
- Admissions required
Practice & Facility Details:
- Practice Setting: Inpatient NICU
- EMR: Cerner
- Patient Population: Neonatal
- Support: Collaborative neonatal care environment focused on complex neonatal conditions
Clinical Scope:
- Management of critically ill newborns and complex neonatal conditions
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Intrauterine growth restriction
- Jaundice and sepsis management
- Ventilator management including oscillators and iNO
Intubation
- Chest tube placement
- Central line placement
- Paracentesis
- Spinal taps
- Exchange transfusion
- Therapeutic hypothermia / thermal cooling
- Family communication and emotional support during high-stress situations
Requirements:
- Board Certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Active Michigan license required
