What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pediatric Hospitalist, Newark position at Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.?
Job Details ChristianaCare is looking for a Pediatric Hospitalist to join our Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) program and provide family-centered and evidence-based care to ChristianaCare’s neonatal and pediatric patients. We have a large medicine-pediatrics hospitalist program and welcome medicine-pediatrics applicants. BC/BE in General Pediatrics required. Our mission is twofold: to provide exceptional care for children, and to provide an exceptional work environment for our faculty and staff. Program Highlights: New leadership team with a focus on purpose-driven multidisciplinary work, transparent communication, and both support and growth of departmental divisions. Academic affiliation with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (optional). Clinical opportunities: serving patients in multiple settings, including inpatient pediatrics, newborn nursery, delivery room, and satellite sites. Educational opportunities: resident teaching (Pediatrics, Med-Peds, Family Medicine) and medical student (Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University) teaching. Career development opportunities: quality & safety, departmental and institutional committee involvement, leadership education, formal mentorship. Collaborative opportunities: level II and level III NICUs, ambulatory pediatrics network, Pediatric Emergency Medicine team, and both in-house and external sub-specialty consultants. Educational resources include: Neonatology & Pediatrics Grand Rounds, multidisciplinary SIMs, a medical library, and a 9000 sq ft SIM Center for skills training. Flexibility. Part-time applicants welcome. Additional compensation for nocturnist work. Competitive total compensation package. CME. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). About ChristianaCare: ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health systems, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, medical aid units, three hospitals (1,300 beds), a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. We rank 21st in the nation for hospital admissions and 6th for admission of stroke patients. ChristianaCare is a not-for-profit teaching health system with more than 290 residents and fellows. We are continually ranked by US News & World Report as a Best Hospital. With our unique, data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care. Benefits of living in the Delaware Valley: Working for ChristianaCare offers the best of urban and suburban living with multiple housing options, excellent restaurants and entertainment venues, quality public and private schools and a short driving distance to popular Delaware and New Jersey beaches. The location provides easy access to Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City - all within a short drive or train ride from Newark, DE. When we lead with love, excellence is inevitable. #LI-JC1 Post End DateJun 30, 2025 EEO Posting Statement Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware. This 1,007-bed, 1.3-million-square-foot modern facility provides a level of care only available in large-scale teaching hospitals. Christiana Hospital includes Delaware's only Level-I Trauma center (as verified by the American College of Surgeons), which is prepared to handle the most extreme medical emergencies. In fact, it is the only Level-I Trauma center on the East Coast corridor between Baltimore and Philadelphia. Christiana Hospital has also been nationally recognized in U.S. News & World Report's Best Regional Hospitals rankings as #1 in Delaware and #3 in the Philadelphia metro area, plus High Performing in 9 Adult Procedures/Conditions Christiana Care Health System Website
