Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

Pediatric Hospitalist position close to Minneapolis and Madison, WI. Partner with one of the nation's best hospitals ranked in more specialties than any other care provider. Thrive in an environment that supports innovation and has a wealth of resources available to you. Work where patient care truly is the focus.

Duties include care for patients affected by prematurity, respiratory distress, infectious diseases, congenital heart disease, and/or other anomalies. Clinical responsibilities include resuscitation of newborns, care of healthy newborns, day-to-day management of babies in the special care nursery, and care of hospitalized children. Procedures performed include circumcisions, umbilical central lines, lumbar punctures, frenulectomies, intubations, and emergent needle decompression of pneumothorax. This position is solely inpatient. Hospitalists work 12-hour shifts in-house, 24 weeks per year. Among the few U.S. companies to provide a pension benefit at no cost to employees plus you can add the 403(b) plan which features an employer match. Outstanding, comprehensive benefits package that includes plenty of options for medical, dental and vision care, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, generous time away, and more. Community - metro area of 163,000, large university, great schools, low crime rate and a reasonable cost of living. One of the top ranked best towns in the country and only 1.5 hours to the Twin Cities (MN) and Madison.