Inpatient Pediatrician, Newborn Nursery Jobs in Borough of Neptune City at Hackensack Meridian Health

Overview

The Pediatric Hospitalist Division at K.Hovnanian Children’s Hospital is recruiting a full time Newborn Hospitalist to work in a fast paced dynamic care nursery setting experiencing a tremendous amount of growth!

We are in need of an additional non-teaching attending hospitalist to complement a dynamic team of academic attending hospitalists and pediatric nurse practitioners in a collaborative team based approach. 

Job Summary:

Primary Responsibility: Provide medical care to healthy newborns in the well newborn nursery with a key focus on ensuring the health and well-being of newborns, identifying and managing any issues that may arise, and providing education and support to families. High risk deliveries are attended by a NICU attending. This position does not include attending deliveries 

Responsibilities: 

• Perform routine assessments and examinations of newborns in well newborn nursery
• Provide evidence-based medical care and treatments to newborns including ordering labs and medications
• Educate families on newborn care, breastfeeding, and other relevant topics 
• Collaborate with healthcare teams including NICU staff, teaching hospitalist service, nurses, lactation consultants, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive and equitable care. 
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance newborn care and outcomes
• No delivery room attendance required
• No special care nursery coverage required 
• Prioritize safe and efficient discharges by 11 am to facilitate smooth work-flow  
• Coordinate transfer to higher level of care (NICU/SCN) for sick newborns 
• Attend TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) daily morning huddles 
• Collaborate with other hospital departments in delivery of care to newborns, as appropriate
• Supervise and collaborate with pediatric nurse practitioners 

Requirements:

• BC/BE in General Pediatrics (American Board of Pediatrics) 
• Experience in caring for newborns and working in a hospital setting 
• Excellent communication skills to work effectively with families and healthcare teams
• BLS, NALS, PALS Certifications 

Skills and Qualities:

• Strong clinical judgement and decision making skills 
• Ability to provide empathetic and supportive care to families 
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary teams including nurse practitioners

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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