Job Description-
California locum tenens position details:
Work with one of the best hospitals in California
-Schedule:
24-hr shifts (7a-7a)
Round in the NICU at least once per day then take call from the hotel
Immediate Open Dates:
Mar 18-23 (ends 0700 March 24)
Apr 8-14 (ends 0700 Apr 15)
Will have additional dates as well.
Volume: Low volume
Admissions/Patients per day: NICU patient daily census between 7-12
7-12 census
-Projecting 1,100 deliveries per year
Scope: Neonatologist will admit to the NICU and round on patients
Responsibilities:
Round in the NICU at least once per day
then cover calls from the nursing staff and come to the hospital based as patient condition requires.
NO rounding in nursery - peds hospitalists round in the nursery.
-EMR: Cerner
-Hospital: Level 3 NICU, Level 2 Trauma Center
Required Procedures:
- Ventilatory assistance, to include ETT CPAP.
- Nasal CPAP for more than 4 hours, NCPAP greater than 6 cm H2O, or FiO2 greater than 0.60.
- Surfactant administration beyond the initial dose.
- Administration of cardiac pressors.
- FiO2 greater than 0.60.
- PaCO2 greater than 50 on two arterial blood gases 1 hour apart.
- Peripheral arterial line or central line.
- Chest tube.
- Total Parenteral Nutrition Hyperalimentation.
- Exchange Transfusion.
- Gestational Age
- Birth weight
- Temporary Privileges Available, can grant in 30 days
-Required:
Board certified preferred with active California license (clean background)
(I.e., no license or hospital privilege/membership actions, no significant malpractice history)
MUST be on active staff at TJC accredited facility with unrestricted privs
Ian Glendinning
Director of Recruitment, Locum Tenens Division
Pacific Companies Inc.
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