Neonatologist - Paducah, KY

About the role

NORTON CHILDREN’S NEONATOLOGY, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible and fellowship-trained neonatologist. The practice is one of the largest neonatology groups in the country, with more than 30 neonatologists, as well as neonatal nurse practitioners, family nurse practitioners, pediatric hospitalists and other providers skilled at caring for newborns and babies with special conditions.

Responsibilities

• Serving a licensed, Level III neonatal intensive care unit with 14 beds and a capacity of up to 20 beds in Paducah, Kentucky.
• Providing in-house neonatal nurse practitioner coverage 24/7, and neonatologist coverage consisting of patient rounding and on-call coverage.
• Averaging 1,500 patient births and 3,500 patient days annually.
• Access to a network of providers and hospitals offering all pediatric subspecialties and advanced technical capabilities, including pediatric surgery, cardiovascular surgery, high-frequency ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, neurally assisted ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
• Multidisciplinary clinics in development in the areas of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, extremely low birth weight, congenital diaphragmatic hernia and more.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree Medicine
• One of: DO or MD
• Completed an accredited perinatal-neonatal fellowship