Pediatric Hospitalist

Henry Ford Health•Jackson, MI

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Henry Ford Medical Group is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Hospitalist to join our collaborative, physician-led team at Henry Ford Hospital – Jackson, part of the Henry Ford Health System. This inpatient-only opportunity offers a rewarding role within a community hospital setting supported by one of Michigan’s most respected healthcare systems. Clinical responsibilities include attending deliveries with neonatal resuscitation, caring for healthy newborns and hospitalized children up to age 18, providing pediatric consultations in the Emergency Department, and managing infants in our Level II Special Care Nursery. The nursery care includes prematurity (≥32 weeks), low birth weight (>1500 g), respiratory distress, infections, feeding issues, and congenital anomalies. Procedures performed include circumcisions, umbilical central lines, lumbar punctures, frenotomies, intubations, and emergency pneumothorax decompression. This role involves 12-hour in-house shifts on a rotating schedule and offers opportunities for teaching medical students, transitional year interns, and Family Medicine residents. No fellowship is required.

Requirements

U.S. Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatrics

Nice To Haves

No fellowship required

Responsibilities

Attending deliveries with neonatal resuscitation
Caring for healthy newborns and hospitalized children up to age 18
Providing pediatric consultations in the Emergency Department
Managing infants in our Level II Special Care Nursery, including prematurity (≥32 weeks), low birth weight (>1500 g), respiratory distress, infections, feeding issues, congenital anomalies
Performing procedures such as circumcisions, umbilical central lines, lumbar punctures, frenotomies, intubations, and emergency pneumothorax decompression
Teaching medical students, transitional year interns, and Family Medicine residents