Peds Critical Care Chief Opening in Detroit, MI Full Time & Permanent Position.Actively seeking to recruit a Chief for the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. The Chief is responsible for overseeing the pediatric medical/surgical intensive care unit (PICU), the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), and neuro intensive care unit. The ICUs have a total of 48 beds and approximately 2,100 admissions annually, and is staffed by 16 attending intensivists and 9 fellows. Ideal candidates: Must be certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Interested in a busy academic clinical practice with opportunities in medical education and research At least 10 years of experience working in pediatric critical care Administrative experience is preferred but not required Additional training and/or experience in cardiac/cardiovascular critical care or neurologic critical care would be a plus Ability to obtain a Michigan license Position responsibilities include: Oversee a division of 16 attending intensivists and 9 critical care fellows Clinical care, teaching, research and mentoring junior faculty and fellows Work collaboratively with other pediatric and surgical specialists About the division: On-service and on-call shared among the faculty Three attending physicians are on-service in the PICU during weekdays; one covers medical/surgical subspecialty patients while the other covers cardiovascular surgery patients Two attending physicians at a time are on in-house night and weekend call along with fellow and resident in-house coverage Administrative positions within the division include Medical Director of the PICU (including neuro ICU), Medical director of the CICU, and Fellowship Director Clinical: The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine is a strong group of critical care physicians who pursue clinical excellence in their work. There is a strong relationship with the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, and there is cardiac trained/experienced intensivist coverage of all CV patients. Within the Children's Hospital of Michigan, there is availability of all pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties. Hospital programs working in close collaboration with the Division include the level 1 pediatric trauma center and pediatric burn center, and organ transplant programs including solid organ (heart, liver, and kidney) and bone marrow transplant, and the dedicated pediatric transport (PANDA) team. Procedures available in the ICUs include ECMO, VAD, CRRT, HFOV, JET, and flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Education: The Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship program founded in 1975 was the first ACGME accredited pediatric critical care program in the Midwest. CHM is home to a large pediatric residency program and an Emergency Medicine fellowship program whose trainees rotate through the ICUs. The Division also provides clinical rotations for external pediatric residency and emergency medicine programs in metro-Detroit, and rotations for medical students from Central Michigan University and Wayne State University.
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