Northwell Health is seeking a full time Neonatal Hospitalist within the Division of Neonatology at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Performs advanced neonatal practice in Neonatology, including frontline patient management and technical procedures in Labor and Delivery, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [NICU] and in other units in the hospital where neonates receive care.

Work Responsibilities:

1. Provides initial care to neonates in the delivery room and NICU. Duties will include daily pre-rounding, work rounds with the clinical team (Neonatologists, ACPs, NICU RNs, dieticians, etc) and safe handoff at change of shift.
2. Attends high risk deliveries and leads neonatal resuscitations in conjuncture with a Neonatologist.
3. Demonstrates competency in common neonatal care procedures including but not limited to endotracheal intubation, thoracotomy tube placement, umbilical line placement, percutaneous inserted central venous catheter placement, bladder catheterization and lumbar puncture. Experienced with whole body therapeutic hypothermia.
4. Documents daily progress notes reflecting management of newborns and critical changes in a complete and timely manner.
5. Appropriately bills for attendance of deliveries, performance of resuscitation and procedures.
6. Identifies quality improvement issues and participates in unit projects
7. Attends and participates in divisional educational activities, ACP meetings, Neonatal Performance Improvement Coordinating Group [PICG] and Leadership meetings.

Experience and Qualifications:

1. MD or DO degree
2. Licensed in New York State
3. Graduate of an Accredited Pediatric Residency Program
4. BC/BE American Board of Pediatrics
5. NRP certified

Why choose us?

Northwell Health includes 23 award-winning hospitals and more than 750 community-based practice locations throughout Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Westchester.

For Further details and opportunities, please contact: Office of Physician Recruitment, Northwell Health, OPR@northwell.edu.

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About Northwell Health

We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care. Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the bett...er. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.

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