Neonatologist
About The Position
Endeavor Health is seeking an exceptional neonatologist to join its Division of Neonatology, providing care at Edward Hospital in Naperville and Elmhurst Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois. The role includes in-house and on-call coverage in Edward Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Elmhurst Hospital’s Special Care Nursery. It is a full-time position with 1,950 clinical hours annually, combining daytime clinical shifts, overnight call, and weekend and holiday coverage. Additional coverage at affiliated Endeavor Health hospitals may be available and is compensated at the then-applicable moonlighting rate for neonatologists. Edward Hospital has DuPage County’s largest Level III NICU, a 35-private-bed unit with more than 400 admissions annually. Its services include specialized small baby care, therapeutic hypothermia, pediatric surgery, and high-risk neonatal developmental follow-up. The unit has a multidisciplinary care model with advanced practice nurses, nursing, pharmacy, respiratory care, dietary, and social work team members. Elmhurst Hospital’s Level IIE Special Care Nursery provides extended care for late preterm infants and transitional care for term infants in a community hospital setting. The department offers a competitive salary and benefits package, a collegial work atmosphere, and access to state-of-the-art technology and equipment. Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system serving more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. It has more than 25,000 team members, more than 6,000 physicians, over 300 ambulatory locations, and eight acute care hospitals. The organization emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourages employees to pursue career goals and professional potential.
Requirements
- Completed an accredited neonatology fellowship.
- Board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.
- Illinois medical license or license pending.
Responsibilities
- Provide in-house and on-call coverage in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Edward Hospital and the Special Care Nursery at Elmhurst Hospital, ensuring high-quality neonatal care and timely response to emergencies.
- Provide comprehensive care for critically ill neonates, including preterm and term infants with complex medical and surgical conditions.
- Perform advanced neonatal procedures, including intubation, central line placement, chest tube insertion, and umbilical line placement.
- Manage conventional ventilation, high-frequency ventilation, and non-invasive respiratory support.
- Work with neonatal nurse practitioners, pediatric hospitalists, respiratory therapists, nurses, and subspecialists to provide coordinated, evidence-based care.
- Provide delivery room stabilization and resuscitation and attend high-risk deliveries as needed.
- Participate in multidisciplinary rounds and contribute to individualized care plans for NICU and SCN patients.
- Engage in quality improvement initiatives, evidence-based protocol development, and clinical research to enhance patient outcomes.
- Collaborate with maternal-fetal medicine specialists, pediatric subspecialists, and other providers to optimize neonatal care.
- Support, educate, and guide parents and caregivers as part of family-centered care.
- Work daytime clinical shifts, overnight call, and weekend and holiday coverage according to department scheduling needs.
- Attend developmental follow-up clinics as needed to monitor long-term outcomes of NICU graduates.
- Potentially provide additional coverage at affiliated Endeavor Health hospitals, compensated at the then-applicable moonlighting rate.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Access to state-of-the-art technology and equipment
- Collegial work atmosphere
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Job Type
Full-time
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