Pediatrics
Contract Length: 5 months, 11/11 start
Shift Details: 13-15 8 hour shifts per months including weekends and 8-9 weekday call and 5-6 weekend calls (no nights for weekday or weekends)
Work Details:
• EMR/Charting Software: EPIC
• Avg. Daily Census: Average patient census last year during winter is 16-22; expect this to grow this coming winter with the addition of 6 pediatric beds for a total of 28 (22 total PICU and pediatric beds last season) on neighboring unit to avoid transferring patients out to other institutions.
• Patient Age Group: Age 0 - 18; many patients have medical complexity (G-tubes, trachs). Large refugee and immigrant population with excellent in-person interpreter support. PICU patients are generally lower acuity than in tertiary centers (asthmatics, bronchiolitis on HFNC, DKA, seizures).
• Procedures: none