Pediatric Neurologist - Headache Medicine
About The Position
Children’s Mercy Kansas City is seeking a board-certified/eligible child neurologist with a focus in headache medicine to join our multidisciplinary Headache Section. Our division is committed to clinical excellence, education, and research and is continuing to grow. We are looking for a candidate who wants to spend time with patients, communicates well, and embraces patient and family-centered care philosophy. The duties of this position are primarily clinical although there is flexibility based on applicant’s history and future career interests. The successful applicant must share our unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds. At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.
Requirements
- Board-certified/eligible child neurologist
- Focus in headache medicine
- Willingness to be vaccinated for seasonal influenza
- Willingness to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella)
- Willingness to be vaccinated for tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005
- Share commitment to excellence, integrity, collegiality, antiracism, and respect for inclusion of individuals with diverse backgrounds
- Join in creating a workplace that reflects the community served and core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity
- Job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors
- Pass a criminal background investigation
Nice To Haves
- Completed a Headache Medicine Fellowship
- UCNS certification in Headache Medicine
- Board-certified in advanced medical acupuncture
Responsibilities
- Clinical duties
- Patient and family-centered care
- Engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region
- Contribute to clinical excellence, education, and research
- Participate in pediatric clinical trials
- Conduct investigator-initiated research projects
- Enter patients into a migraine research database
Benefits
- Meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team
- Opportunity to make a difference in the lives of all children
- Recognition by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital for eleven consecutive years
- Opportunity to engage in meaningful programs and partnerships
- Accredited Headache Medicine Fellowship Program
- Comprehensive services for over 8,000 children a year
- Tailored treatment plans including medication management, procedural interventions, biofeedback, acupuncture, neurostimulation devices, and psychology support
- Novel research opportunities in acupuncture
- Robust Headache Section research program with pediatric clinical trials
- Flexibility based on applicant’s history and future career interests
- Medical and/or religious exemptions for vaccines can be discussed with Human Resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
