We are seeking a Board Certified Pediatrician/Pediatric Hospitalist for locum coverage in Cheyenne, Wyoming, beginning January 2027.
Assignment Details
- Start Date: January 2027
- Primary need: 10 days during January
- 10 consecutive days preferred
- Potential for additional coverage throughout 2027
Schedule
- 12-hour in-house shifts
- Days: 7:00 AM 6:30 PM
- Nights: 6:30 PM 7:00 AM
- No telehealth coverage
Practice Setting
- Pediatric Hospitalist
- Pediatric inpatient unit
- Level 2B Nursery
- 12 pediatric patient rooms
- Epic EMR
Patient Volume
- Pediatric census: Approximately 3 4 patients/day
- Deliveries: Approximately 4/day
- NICU census: Approximately 2 3 babies
Clinical Responsibilities
- Pediatric inpatient management
- Newborn and nursery management
- Circumcisions
- Frenotomy, if performed by physician
- Lumbar punctures
- UAC/UVC placement
- Needle decompression
- CPAP and Optiflow
- Continuous albuterol
- Magnesium sulfate
- Nebulized epinephrine
- DKA/insulin drip management for children over age 5 without cerebral edema
- Outpatient pediatric infusions, including IVIG, rabies treatment, and chemotherapy
Stabilization & Transport
Telephone/telehealth NICU and PICU support is available from Children's Hospital Colorado when stabilizing patients for transport.
Physicians should be comfortable with stabilization procedures including:
- Intubation and ventilator management
- CPAP/BiPAP
- Passive cooling
- Needle decompression
- Initiation of vasopressors
- Magnesium sulfate
- Responding to neonatal and pediatric traumas and codes when available
Requirements
- MD required
- Board Certification in Pediatrics required
- Must be comfortable with Pediatric Hospitalist and neonatal coverage
- Must be comfortable performing the listed inpatient and stabilization procedures
- Wyoming license or IMLC
Credentialing
Ideal Candidate
A Board Certified Pediatrician/Pediatric Hospitalist with strong inpatient and neonatal experience who is comfortable independently managing pediatric patients, newborns, and stabilization for higher-acuity transfers. Preference will be given to physicians who can provide 10 consecutive days of coverage in January 2027, with the opportunity to pick up additional shifts throughout the year.
