Pediatrician Job Description
Pediatrician
provides specialized medical services routinely on an outpatient basis and provides medical care to inpatients in facilities with a medical health unit.
Pediatrician Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Reviews journals, texts or periodicals in order to keep current on latest techniques, procedures, drugs and therapy
Perform minor procedures including suturing and splintering
Adheres to all policies and procedures of the Department of Mental Health and protocols of Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital relating to all aspects of patient care and treatment
Performs all duties in accordance with current accepted medical practices and procedures
Examines and orders appropriate diagnostic testing and provides necessary treatment and/or medications as required
For facilities with a Medical Housing Unit, the incumbent will make rounds on residents admitted to his/her care, mid-levels providers, and nursing personnel, as described in applicable local procedures
Performs the professional duties of a Pediatrician
Makes daily rounds related to assigned pediatric patients in the hospital and the newborn nursery
Services as pediatric consultant to Surgery and Ob/Gyn to in and out patients as assigned and/or required
Serves as a specialist in pediatrics providing consultative services to the other medical services.Provides technical assistance with pediatric patients.Determines the eligibility of pediatric admissions to Dhahran Health Center and Designated Facility Hospitals
Pediatrician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Pediatrician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PALS, BLS, NRP, DEA, CPR, ACLS, APLS, BC
Education for Pediatrician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the pediatrician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Doctorate and University Degree in Medical, Education, Medicine, Pediatrics, Medical School, School of Medicine, Graduate, Health, Graduate Programs, Teaching
Skills for Pediatrician
Desired skills for pediatrician include:
Appropriate specialty practice assessment techniques and treatment processes
Ability to take a detailed medical history
Children epidemiology and infectious diseases
Diagnostic
Drugs/medication appropriate for children and their side-effects
Techniques
Treatment and rehabilitation principles and techniques
Procedures
Ability to apply professional medical principle
Ability to apply professional medical principles
Desired experience for pediatrician includes:
Makes recommendations to supervisor regarding the medical repatriation of patients
Participates in scheduled in-service training programs and in the regular physicians’ conference
Performs other miscellaneous related duties as requested
Must obtain an active Michigan medical license
Must be comfortable seeing patients of all ages (Infants to Geriatrics)
Residents welcomed
Pediatrician Examples
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Pediatrician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of pediatrician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pediatrician
- Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients and parents or guardians
- Continuity of care is provided by the team over time between the school-based support team provider(s) and Primary Care Provider (if applicable) through the program specific mechanism that has been established and is in place for that purpose
- Cross coverage of absent team members, as necessary, is required
- Supervises mid-level practitioners as assigned
- Provide coverage to pediatric primary care and same day overflow patients
- Serve as expert consultant to off-site providers via remote technology
- Provides comprehensive clinical patient care through interviewing, examining and treating associates and their dependents in order to meet their health and wellness needs
- Records history and physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient’s condition, with documentation in the medical record
- Educates patients and/or families about preventive care, wellness ,medical issues, and use of prescribed medical treatments and/or medications
- Performs physical and interpretive examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines
Qualifications for pediatrician
- Experience using an electronic health record is preferred
- Experience/interest in academics/teaching
- Experience/interest in outpatient and inpatient general pediatrics
- Successful completion of Pediatric Residency Training Program (Accredited ACGME Program)
- Prefer 3 years of ambulatory or hospital-based pediatric care experience
- Must have or be eligible to have a current and unrestricted MD or DO license to practice medicine in Nevada
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Pediatrician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a pediatrician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pediatrician
- Works in an independent and interdependent relationship with members of the medical staff, which allows for consultation, collaboration, or referral
- May refer patients to physician for consultation or to specialized health resources for treatment
- Refers to appropriate specialists outside the health center in a medically appropriate and efficient manner
- Practices in a collaborative fashion consistent with the concept of a patient centered medical home , Consulting and collaborating with the other team members as needed regarding patient care, assessment, and education issues
- Refers patients to and utilizes unique internal associate benefits and resources to maximize health outcomes
- Actively engages in quality improvement, leadership and compliance
- Participates in quality improvement, continuing education, and other patient care programs established by the health center requirements for QuadMed
- Advocate for clinical quality improvement in the HWC
- Assists in the resolution of complaints, requests and inquiries from patients, QuadMed, and clients
- Demonstrates the ability to maintain quality, safety, and infection control standards
Qualifications for pediatrician
- Board eligible or certified in General Pediatrics
- Board certified/eligible in DBP at time of employment
- Must relate well to all cultural
- Unrestricted Florida Medical License
- Board Certification in Pediatrics or Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Well developed skills in suturing, orthopedics, and IV rehydration
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Pediatrician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of pediatrician. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for pediatrician
- Conducts admission histories, physical examinations, and health status checks
- Provides patient education and protocol review
- May provide phone coverage for medical questions outside of the 12 hours per week on-site coverage
- Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-language environment and able to utilize interpreter services to complete assigned duties if not fluent in a language the resident understands
- Provides direct care to residents in a detention environment
- Works within Scope of Practice and performs functions outlined in accordance with their credentialing and privileging requirements
- Provides specialized medical services routinely on an outpatient basis and provides medical care to inpatients in facilities with a medical health unit
- Conducts physical assessments, initial and follow-up assessments for acute and chronic medical condition
- Collects and documents electronically comprehensive medical and social history to include a review of all body systems
- Performs physical assessment in correlation with historical findings, records preliminary objective findings
Qualifications for pediatrician
- Board Eligible or Certified in Pediatrics
- Eligible for unrestricted Delaware medical license and DEA
- Must be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the appropriate specialty practice
- Possesses and maintains, if applicable, appropriate clinical privileges at a minimum of one UMMS affiliated acute care facility
- Board certified or board eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Licensed to practice pediatrics in the State of Virginia
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Pediatrician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of pediatrician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for pediatrician
- Responsibility for the diagnostic and treatment services for newborns, including attendance of all deliveries in Labor & Delivery
- Acts as a consultant for mid-level providers and/or registered nurses, providing oversight and direction
- Administers or directs administration of both curative and preventative inoculations
- Prescribes medications (including narcotics and routine psycho tropics), treatments, diets, and nursing care
- Renders emergency medical/surgical/mental health services as required
- As the licensed provider, the incumbent provides clinical oversight
- Ensures that proper evaluations and treatments are carried out and documented
- Required to provide on-call medical duty coverage as needed after regular work hours and may need to return to the facility to provide medical care
- May be required to see patients who are not in the category of his/her expertise, but within his/her scope of practice
- Participates actively in Health Services medical in-service programs
Qualifications for pediatrician
- MD or DO, licensed or license eligible in the state of Kansas
- BC/BE in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Primary responsibilities are clinical
- Experience with EHR (electronic health records) preferred
- Must be BE/BC Pediatrics
- As needed, works with and is assigned to various committees
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a pediatrician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for pediatrician
- Proactively ensure expansion of the DBP services for NCH patient population
- Advise patients, parents or guardians and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention
- Examine children regularly to assess their growth and development
- Monitor patients' condition and progress and re-evaluate treatments as necessary
- Plan and execute medical care programs to aid in the mental and physical growth and development of children and adolescents
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children
- Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary
- Treat children who have minor illnesses, acute and chronic health problems, and growth and development concerns
- Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff
- Operate on patients to remove, repair, or improve functioning of diseased or injured body parts and systems
Qualifications for pediatrician
- Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States may be demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)
- Board Certification preferred or board eligible in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, or related medical specialty with completion of certification within 18 months of hiring
- Prior experience in Pediatric Care preferred
- Experience in respective clinical area in either neurodevelopmental or developmental-behavioral pediatrics and a history of commitment to serving children with autism and their families
- Must be Board Certified in Pediatrics
- Active Pennsylvania Medical License