Physician Neonatologist

Physician Neonatologist – St. Charles Health System

Apply to lead newborn care delivery in the Perinatal Center and the NICU located rles Bend. The Neonatologist oversees the NICU multidisciplinary care team, provides clinical oversight for the Advanced Practice Team, and supports the Resuscitation team in the Family Birth Center.

• Practice and model excellence in neonatology care domains of diagnosis, aligning treatment goals to patient values, making definitive diagnoses, guiding treatment, ensuring follow-up care, promoting growth, and preventing illness.
• Practice medicine within the scope of license, training and credentialing.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care while demonstrating expert knowledge of evidence-based neonatal intensive and neonatal critical care.
• Collaborate with NICU providers and multidisciplinary team to ensure a world-class patient experience.
• Collaborate with pharmacy to provide appropriate medications accurately in accordance with SCHS policies and procedures for medication administration.
• Analyze data collected to determine health status and identify differential diagnoses based on history, physical exam, and review of radiographic and laboratory data.
• Manage therapeutic regimen as outlined by established protocols for patients with acute illnesses; reassess and modify plan as necessary to achieve medical and health goals.
• Document reassessment and response to treatment to determine effectiveness of plan of care.
• Perform indicated routine or emergent procedures.
• Perform invasive diagnostic and supportive procedures including airway management and intubation, non-invasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation, central venous and arterial access, therapeutic hypothermia, and hemodynamic support.
• Oversee continuous monitoring of vital signs, oxygenation, growth and nutrition, multisystem organ function and neurodevelopment.
• Provide counseling, education, anticipatory guidance, and support for patients and family members.
• Serve as a liaison with discharge planners or with other agencies providing post-hospital care; accurately complete patient discharge instructions and/or discharge summaries.
• Provide emergency care as required according to basic life support and advanced cardiac life support protocols.

• Document all patient care within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and complete all necessary tasks in compliance with health system policies and regulatory agencies to ensure timely and accurate billing.
• Be familiar with the SCHS organization structure.
• Participate in SCHS meetings and assist in policy formation for SCHS and Physician’s practice.
• Keep medical knowledge and skills current through regular CME activity. Must attest to having adequate (CME) to meet maintenance of board certification and compliance with MSO rules and continuing privileges without restriction.
• Keep all licenses and appropriate certifications current and unrestricted.
• Maintain active privileges at a St. Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.

• Participate in creating a healing environment that supports all aspects of the care environment and the wholeness of each individual, patient and caregiver.
• Provide and maintain a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests. Conduct all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Deliver first-rate customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate, and courteous.
• Educate, counsel, and assist patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.
• Provide a therapeutic presence in service to others by purposefully responding to the needs of patients/customers in a caring way.
• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the health system’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all health system’s investigations and proceedings.