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Job Highlights:

Seeking academic neonatologist(s): SLUCare Physician Group, a member of SSM Health is seeking faculty to join a busy academic group, at the Assistant/Associate Professor level, with a special interest in individuals with training and interest in Neonatal Neurology, Simulation, and Quality Improvement.

The Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine consists of 21 faculty and research staff. The Division has a busy inpatient service based in the 65-bed Level IV NICU at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, a 190 licensed bed, free-standing Children’s Hospital affiliated with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

The Division also serves the labor and delivery service at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital and the attached 42-bed Level III NICU. In addition, the faculty in the Division staff four Level II NICUs in the community. Faculty provide consultation services at the Fetal Care Institute and staff the high-risk developmental follow-up clinic.

The Division has a fellowship program and currently recruits 2 fellows per year. The Neonatal-Perinatal Division also has ongoing, intra and extra-mural funded clinical and basic science research and an excellent working relationship with the Saint Louis University School of Public Health. Excellent opportunities for teaching in both didactic and clinical settings are available at the medical student and post-graduate levels.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Personal Characteristics

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate patient care in a high-volume Level IV and Level II NICU with sub-specialists
• Ability to lead a medical provider team and work collaboratively with ancillary services within the NICU
• Ability to teach and educate trainees and advanced practice providers
• Detail-oriented and organized with excellent time management skills

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide clinical neonatology services at the NICUs and community SCNs as designated by the Division Director
• Provide consultative antenatal services and neonatal resuscitation on Labor and Delivery as requested by OB/MFM at each hospital
• Provide in-house calls at both the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital NICU and the Level III NICU and L&D at St. Mary’s Hospital as per Divisional schedule
• Provide on-call coverage from home for the community NICUs as per Division schedule
• Provide Fetal Care consultation and participate in the high-risk nursery follow-up clinic
• Provide timely and appropriate documentation of all services conducted on behalf of the Division
• Participate in Divisional educational conferences for trainees and staff and community providers as needed
• Participate in Divisional M&M conferences and present clinical cases allocated by clinical service time
• Participate in Quality Improvement projects as and when required in consultation with the Division Director
• Maintain all the board licensing and credentialing requirements to maintain privileges at each participating hospital
• Work closely with faculty mentors and the Division Director on the SLU academic portfolio

Minimum qualifications

Candidates must be BC/BE in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Candidates must be eligible for a Missouri license

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for obtaining call coverage by other medical staff members for holidays, vacations and other time off.
• Responsible for the standard of practice for patient population.
• Responsibility for maintaining a private office and all clinical decision making within the office during times of service.
• Acts as an advisor and consultant in the establishment of operational policies of the practice to include: (1) Purchasing and capital allocations; (2) Managed care plan participation; (3) Budget and practice expenses; (4) Medicare/Medicaid participation; (5) Billing and collection of professional fees; (6) Personnel management and related policies; (7) Risk management and quality assurance; and (8) Coding compliance.
• Responsible for after-hours call coverage for patients of the practice, in addition to office appointments.
• Participates in community service activities, including speaking engagements, writing and special clinical programs as reasonably requested.
• Responsible for all risk management, coding compliance and quality assurance activities and functions in and related to the practice.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

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