Pediatric Hospitalist (Newborn Services)

Practice Highlights

• Delivery Room (Neonatal Delivery Team):

• Attend maternofetal high-risk deliveries requiring pediatric presence at birth.

• Perform neonatal stabilization and resuscitation according to Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) guidelines.

• Communicate effectively with parents regarding newborn condition and treatment plans.

• Newborn Nursery (Stable Newborns):

• Perform initial newborn assessments and admission examinations.

• Manage routine newborn care and monitoring.

• Coordinate newborn discharge planning.

• Perform newborn circumcisions.

• Level II NICU (lower limit of 32 weeks gestation):

• Admit and manage infants requiring intermediate neonatal care under the supervision of a neonatology attending.

• Scope of service includes noninvasive respiratory support, sepsis evaluations and antibiotic therapy, feeding and growth management, jaundice requiring intensive phototherapy, and intravenous fluid and medication management.

• Stabilize newborns requiring transfer to a higher level of care.

Qualifications/Job Expectations:

• Board Certified/Eligible in Pediatrics, post-completion of an accredited Pediatric Residency Program and MD or DO certification.

• Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and STABLE certifications.

• Commitment to academic quality-focused practice and community/family centered care. 

• Inhouse duty, on average per month: fifteen 12h shifts, provided in a combination of 12h and/or 24h shifts. 

• Faculty appointment at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine encouraged

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary with a forgivable recruitment loan

• Comprehensive benefits beginning on your first day

• Malpractice insurance with tail coverage

• Relocation assistance

• Generous CME time and allowance

• Employer 401(k) contribution