Job Description-
California locum tenens position details:

Work with one of the best hospitals in California

-Schedule:
24-hr shifts (7a-7a)

Round in the NICU at least once per day then take call from the hotel

Immediate Open Dates:

Mar 18-23 (ends 0700 March 24)

Apr 8-14 (ends 0700 Apr 15)

Will have additional dates as well.

Volume: Low volume

Admissions/Patients per day: NICU patient daily census between 7-12

7-12 census
-Projecting 1,100 deliveries per year
Scope: Neonatologist will admit to the NICU and round on patients

Responsibilities:

Round in the NICU at least once per day

then cover calls from the nursing staff and come to the hospital based as patient condition requires.

NO rounding in nursery - peds hospitalists round in the nursery.

-EMR: Cerner
-Hospital: Level 3 NICU, Level 2 Trauma Center

Required Procedures:

1. Ventilatory assistance, to include ETT CPAP.
2. Nasal CPAP for more than 4 hours, NCPAP greater than 6 cm H2O, or FiO2 greater than 0.60.
3. Surfactant administration beyond the initial dose.
4. Administration of cardiac pressors.
5. FiO2 greater than 0.60.
6. PaCO2 greater than 50 on two arterial blood gases 1 hour apart.
7. Peripheral arterial line or central line.
8. Chest tube.
9. Total Parenteral Nutrition Hyperalimentation.
10. Exchange Transfusion.
11. Gestational Age
12. Birth weight

- Temporary Privileges Available, can grant in 30 days
-Required:

Board certified preferred with active California license (clean background)

(I.e., no license or hospital privilege/membership actions, no significant malpractice history)
MUST be on active staff at TJC accredited facility with unrestricted privs

Ian Glendinning
Director of Recruitment, Locum Tenens Division

Pacific Companies Inc.

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