Pediatric Urgent Care Physician/PEM

PM Pediatrics

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

PM Pediatric Care is the largest pediatric urgent care network in the country, founded and led by pediatric emergency physicians. Their mission is to provide high-quality, convenient, and accessible urgent care for children and young adults, serving as an alternative to the emergency department. The company is academically driven, offering practice guidelines, CME-accredited lectures, a national conference, and research opportunities. They provide a supportive environment with individualized learning programs, including procedural training, radiology interpretation, and evidence-based medicine. The practice is set up like an ED with on-site x-ray and lab services, strong support staff, and specialty consultations. PM Pediatric Care has a strong community reputation and offers flexible work schedules with no overnights, with options for 12-36 hours per week (PT/FT).

Requirements

• Ability to critically think, multitask, and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent computer skills and experience with EMR (eCW experience preferred).
• BC/BE in Pediatrics.
• Urgent Care or Emergency Department experience.
• Passion for making a meaningful difference in children's lives.
• Thrive in a supportive, team-based, collaborative environment.
• Deliver impeccable customer service and treat all patients as if they are family.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat acute injury and illness for both in-person and telemedicine patients, including managing febrile infants/children, ear/nose/throat infections, pediatric abdominal pain, anaphylaxis, procedural anxiolysis, respiratory distress, croup, and asthma.
• Perform procedural care such as abscess drainage, foreign body removal, and laceration repair with sutures, staples, and dermal adhesive.
• Take radiographs and provide preliminary interpretation of x-rays (in applicable states).
• Oversee in-person and telemedicine patient flow and daily office functions, including oversight of other providers, staff, and trainees on shift.
• Maintain operations by following policies and procedures and reporting needed changes to the management team.
• Work with onsite and telemedicine teams to ensure completion of daily tasks, including lab and radiology result review, patient follow-up, and timely responses to patient inquiries.
• Maintain a safe, secure, equitable, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing safety procedures, quality standards, and complying with legal regulations.
• Protect patient confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
• Update knowledge and skills through internal training, continuing education, professional publications, and participation in professional organizations.
• Assist the clinical team and patients with complaints and participate in service recovery.
• Focus on efficiency metrics to improve patient flow, antibiotic stewardship, and patient experience.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedule
• No overnights
• Variety of roles available (12-36 hours per week, PT/FT)
• Comprehensive individualized learning programs
• Procedural training
• Radiology interpretation training
• Evidence-based approach to illness/injury training
• Supportive work environment
• Academically driven with practice guidelines, CME-accredited lectures/workshops, national annual conference, and data for research/clinical analytics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level