Position Type: Locum Tenens
Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Location: South Carolina
Rate: $4500 for 24 hour on call on 1099 with Travel, Lodging and Malpractice Coverage
Shift: 24-Hour On-Campus Call
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: Ongoing
Position Details
Practice Setting:
- Acute Care Hospital
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Schedule:
- Weekend Coverage Only
- 24-Hour Shifts (7:00 AM 7:00 AM)
- Typically Saturday 7:00 AM through Monday 7:00 AM
Patient Population:
Patient Volume:
- Average Census: 11 Patients
Department Highlights:
- Round with 2 3 Pediatric/ED Residents
- Overnight Call Supported by 1 Resident
- Medical, Surgical, and Neuro ICU Coverage
- Level II & Level III NICU Support
- 24-Hour OR, Laboratory, and Advanced Imaging Services
- Multidisciplinary Specialist Support Available
Responsibilities:
- Management of critically ill pediatric patients
- Cardiac and respiratory arrest management
- Sepsis, renal failure, poisoning, and trauma care
- Surgical pre- and post-operative critical care
- Ventilator management
- Chest tube insertion
- Central and arterial line placement
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Blood transfusions
- Intracranial pressure evaluation
- Hemodialysis management
- Diagnostic taps and other ICU procedures
Equipment:
EMR System:
Requirements
- Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine
- Active South Carolina License Required
- DEA Required
- BLS Required
- ACLS Required
- PALS Required
- Minimum 1 Year Experience
