Moonlighter Physician, Pediatrics

Saint Anthony Hospital•Chicago, IL

37d•Onsite

About The Position

Moonlighter Physician, Pediatrics Rotating Shifts, Part Time Saint Anthony Hospital is a diverse and community-centric organization your career can thrive in, while addressing the health and wellness challenges that families in our neighborhood face. Our employees deliver on our mission and achieve success by working together to provide excellent customer service and patient care. As part of Saint Anthony Hospital#s commitment to providing the highest quality health care, we will be building a new state-of-the-art hospital to serve as an anchor to the Focal Point Community Campus. Learn more at focalpointchicago.org. Position Purpose: The Pediatrics House Physician is responsible for providing medical care to assigned children from birth to early adulthood in the in-patient and hospital outpatient setting.

Requirements

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
Maintain a permanent license to practice medicine in the State of Illinois.
Strong initiative and good judgment and decision making skills.
Ability to prioritize time sensitive assignments.
CPR and PALS Certified.

Responsibilities

Examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses.
Administer various immunizations that are available to protect children from diseases such as hepatitis B, diphtheria, polio, measles, and mumps.
Write orders for the implementation of the plan of care.
Compile and document all pediatric patient assessments, interventions and evaluations in the medical record and complete and sign all medical records.
Work with children patient parents or guardians to teach them how to provide proper care to their children on regular basis.
Participates in the hospital#s Risk Management Program and follows all rules and regulations of the program, as well as the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of SAH.
Participate in quality assurance and utilization review when necessary.
Respond to all pediatric codes and other emergencies in the hospital and is responsible for the emergency medical management of the patient.