Pediatric Critical Care Physician

Description

Specialization:

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Job Summary:

Mission Children's is seeking a pediatric critical care provider to join our team in Asheville, NC.

Qualified Candidates:

• Must be board-certified in pediatric critical care
  
  

Position Highlights:

• Strong support within a comprehensive pediatric subspecialist team, including pediatric hospitalists and intensivists
• 5 Physician PICU team
• 4 Week Rotating Schedule
• Blend of PICU; Sedation & Night Call (from home)
• 9 bed PICU
• 19 dedicated pediatric beds
• 51 Level III NICU beds
  
  

Incentive/Benefits Package:

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Hospital employed with base salary, productivity and bonuses
• 401k with company contribution
• Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance
  
  

About Mission Children’s:

• We are the only Children's Hospital in Western North Carolina
• We have over 60 pediatric subspecialists in 23 different disciplines providing expert care in the childhood diseases, disorders and conditions they treat
• Our providers form a very special team committed to providing not only clinically excellent care, but also personalized, family-centered care for our patients and the families who love them
• Mission Children's Hospital has an average of 3,000 patient admissions to our pediatric inpatient units, including an 8-bed PICU, 4,500 pediatric surgeries, and 14,000 pediatric visits to our Emergency Department
• Each year approximately 700 ill and premature newborns receive life-saving care in our level III 51-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Mission is a level II trauma center serving the 18 counties of western NC
• At Mission Children's Hospital, we know that children have unique needs. We also believe that families belong together, especially during times of illness and hospitalization. This sensitivity allows us to create an atmosphere where parents and children feel comfortable and understood
• Mission Hospitals have been caring for and treating children in this area for over 120 years. As our facilities, staff and medical technologies have grown, so has our commitment to providing children with compassionate medical care.
• Today, Mission Children’s Hospital provides the most comprehensive, specialized pediatric care in the region and beyond, treating patients with complex illnesses such as cancer and cystic fibrosis.
• We are...
• The region’s first and only pediatric intensive care unit
• The region’s only state-designated neonatal intensive care unit
• Home to the Olson Huff Center for Child Development, providing ongoing therapy and medical services for children with developmental delays
• A member of the Children’s Oncology Group, providing the national standard for pediatric cancer care

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