Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician
About the role
The Division of Pediatric Critical Care at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Geisinger Medical Center in Danville PA is seeking a BC/BE Pediatric Intensivist. The successful candidate will join our staff of 6 full-time Board-Certified Intensivists and 2 full-time physician assistants. Candidates must possess superior clinical and interpersonal skills and a strong desire to participate in program development, research and medical education. Candidates ideally should have 5 years post-fellowship experience, but recent fellowship graduates will be considered. Additionally, experience and/or interest in pediatric quality and safety leadership is desired. Our 14-bed PICU provides a comprehensive range of pediatric critical care services including the care of complex medical patients, pediatric trauma patients and cardiovascular surgery patients. We average 850 admissions to our PICU per year. In addition, pediatric intensivists and hospitalists run a highly successful sedation service performing over 800 sedations per year. National collaborative data (Virtual PICU Systems, pediatric trauma quality improvement program) have demonstrated our PICU provides exceptional care with outcomes consistently in the top 10% of comparable children's hospitals. We also maintain a collaborative affiliation with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and utilize their expertise for children requiring quaternary services.
Job Duties
Division members are active leaders throughout the Children’s Hospital. Our Division provides leadership in essential programs including chronic ventilation, palliative care, respiratory care, sedation services and simulation. All Division members take an active role in the education of pediatric, med/peds, emergency medicine residents, medical students, and mid-level practitioners. Faculty appointment commensurate with experience is available through Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Our division enjoys exceptionally collegial relationships with a full array of medical and surgical subspecialists. Our well-established Pediatric Hospitalist Division provides outstanding post-PICU care.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually.