Job Description:

• Regional perinatal center for Yakima County, its surrounding counties, 4 federally designated critical access hospitals, and a 5th larger rural hospital.
• Delivery rate of 2500 births/year.
• The only Level III NICU in a 70-mile radius. Surrounded by 5 federally designated critical access hospitals and 1 larger rural hospital that do not have pediatric or NICU services.
• The NICU has over 40 years of history in providing expert neonatal medical care to this thriving rural community.
• Average daily census of 10 patients and is actively rebuilding its robust service, in partnership with high-level community OB care and MFM services.
• Offering conventional mechanical ventilation and bubble CPAP support but does not offer high frequency ventilation or iNO currently.
• Full complement of therapists: Speech/Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists provide consultation, neurodevelopmental assessments, and recommendations for developmentally supportive therapies.
• The team in Yakima partners with its sister practice in Spokane to hold weekly practice meetings, to review and update clinical guidelines, to host journal club, and to present M&M conferences.
• These 3 hospitals provide regional pediatric support for those medically complex patients who require higher level NICU care or ongoing subspecialty care after discharge home.
• Physicians typically work 5-day blocks with call from home which offers flexibility in the work schedule and quality work/life balance.
• Open to new fellowship graduate candidates
  
• Not accepting Locums candidates
  
• Open to H-1B and J-1 visa candidates