Hospitalist Lead - Newborn

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Responsible for direct patient care by reviewing patient's medical history while collecting, prioritizing, and synthesizing comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation. Provides general pediatric care to hospitalized patients and performs procedures in the inpatient setting. Provides pediatric consultation to the ED and for surgical patients.

Principle Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care for newborn patients in a hospital setting.
• Reviews patient's medical history while collecting, prioritizing, and synthesizing comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
• Evaluates, interprets, and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care.
• Provides education, consultation or intervention to patients (treatment plan) and their families.
• Works collaboratively with patients to improve their health and well-being.
• Practices in a thoughtful manner including consideration for cultural diversity, individual autonomy and legal responsibilities.
• Provides occasional pediatric consultation for ED and surgical patients.
• Charts in electronic format in accordance with licensure and scope.
• Actively participates in multidisciplinary approach to case management.
• Required participation in on-call rotation.
• May perform procedures such as circumcisions in the newborn nursery and the NICU.
• Provides direct patient care for pediatric patients in a hospital setting.
• Utilizes quality improvement tools to develop processes that promote continuous improvement in delivery of patient care, patient outcomes, or workflows
• May participate in peer review and quality assurance.
• Supervise Nurse Practitioner Hospitalists Newborn service.
• Other duties as assigned.

Licenses/Certifications

• MD, DO, or foreign equivalency training required.
• Accredited Residency training program in Pediatrics required.
• Active, non-restricted medical license in MN (or ability to obtain)
• NRP and PALS certification required
• ACLS/BLS Tier 3 - Multisource required
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain MN DEA certification and National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Prescription Monitoring Program upon hire required
• Ability to meet criteria/qualifications for Credentialing and hospital privilege
• Pediatrics or in Pediatrics by the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics within 1 Year required

Mercy Hospital is the premier hospital in the northern metropolitan communities of the Twin Cities. It is located on two campuses: one in Coon Rapids, and one in Fridley. Together, these facilities offer nationally recognized clinical excellence and compassionate health care services, including cancer care, heart and vascular services, emergency and trauma care, surgical services and da Vinci System, The Mother Baby Center at Mercy with Children's Minnesota, Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, the Joint Replacement Center and women's and children's services. With 3,500+ employees, 830+ affiliated physicians and 420 staffed beds, Mercy Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient services to more than 270,000 patients each year.

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently