Attending Physician-Neonatal

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

The physician evaluates and treats patients in the neonatal medical specialty or subspecialty across hospital, inpatient, outpatient, or affiliate practice settings. The role includes documenting medical findings in EPIC; supporting patients, families, and colleagues; and collaborating with office administration, nursing, and other clinical staff. The physician diagnoses and treats conditions, assesses complex acute, critical, and chronic illness for urgent and emergent conditions, evaluates physiologic instability, develops care plans using available data, and orders appropriate laboratory tests, testing, and medication. The physician may supervise and mentor trainees or advanced practice providers and support other clinical staff’s professional development. The role requires compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, and clinical standards, including HIPAA, OSHA, Joint Commission, DOH, and CLIA requirements, and may involve representing CHOP with external organizations or professional associations. The physician provides direct care and oversees high-quality clinical services across care settings. Responsibilities include performing approved therapeutic interventions; evaluating and adjusting plans of care; managing changes in patient condition; promoting patient safety; facilitating transitions between care settings; educating patients, families, and clinical colleagues; and consulting with multidisciplinary teams. The role may also include professional development, teaching and mentoring, scholarly and research activity, and administrative and quality-improvement responsibilities, as indicated.

Requirements

Doctorate in Medicine (MD) or Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
Required working knowledge of applicable hospital policies, practices, protocols, regulations, and guidelines.
Required knowledge of computer systems and applications.
Required skills in initiative, judgment, problem solving, and decision-making.
Required ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with medical and administrative staff, patients, and the public.
Required excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills.
Medical license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any states where practicing, required upon hire.
Board certification in the medical subspecialty, required within 36 months.
DEA license, required upon hire.
Employees working in patient care buildings or with patient-facing responsibilities must receive an annual influenza vaccine as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Clinical Decision Support (CDS), preferred upon hire when applicable to the practice site.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care to a panel of patients in the practice.
May supervise clinical providers, including trainees and advanced practice providers, and provide performance feedback on clinical functions.
Supervise and ensure high quality of clinical care services across a variety of care settings.
Review applicable pediatric or adult standards of care and work with leadership to implement new processes as needed.
Respond to clinical alerts and updates from public health officials and others as needed.
Perform approved therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems.
Promote patient safety, report safety concerns or potential errors through system mechanisms, and share accountability for safe practice.
Analyze indications, contraindications, complication risks, and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
Evaluate, modify, and document plans of care according to patient responses to therapy.
Manage changes in patient condition with a focus on optimizing outcomes.
Incorporate health promotion, health protection, and injury prevention into care plans in the context of complex acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within health care settings.
Educate patients, families, clinical staff, and providers; consult with multidisciplinary health care team members.
Maintain required competencies, identify learning needs, and pursue appropriate professional development.
May precept and mentor nurses, advanced practice providers, students, and other health care providers.
May support and lead trainee education curricula and program implementation.
May participate in scholarly activities, including research and education.
May participate in or oversee research activities, provide feedback and consultation on studies, and delegate operational functions to support research goals.
May assist with administrative management of hospital, inpatient, outpatient, or community pediatric care settings.
Evaluate and manage patient access, patient flow, quality improvement, staff performance, and effective work teams.
Participate in developing and implementing departmental standards, policies, guidelines, and protocols.
Perform other duties as assigned.