Physician Empire
Physician / Hospitalist - Pediatric / South Carolina / Permanent / 10 miles to M
Physician Empire, South Carolina, United States
10 miles to Myrtle Beach
100 miles to Charleston
4 hours to Savannah
Family Medicine Residency Program
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This is a full-time inpatient pediatrician role, focusing on providing care to newborns and pediatric patients admitted
SCHEDULE:
- 8 hours in-house per day (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)
- 24/7 coverage with 16 hours of on-call responsibilities
- Typical census: 8-15 newborns per day and 0-2 pediatric patients per day
- Call responsibilities include: Nurse phone consultations, potential admissions from the ED, and attending high-risk deliveries or stabilizing sick newborns (calls come from nurses and/or ER doctors NOT from parents)
- Approximately 1,600 deliveries annually, expected to grow to 1,800-2,000 due to the expansion of the Women s Health department.
- Cerner EMR.
- 1 full time hospitalist.
- 1 part time hospitalist that helps cover weekends, holidays, and PTO. Also provides additional support on high census days if needed.
- 1 part time APRN on W, TH, F (morning only).
- Typical Census: 8-15 newborns per day / 0-2 pediatric patients per day.
- 90% of inpatient duties involve managing newborns, including nursery coverage.
- 10% of duties involve managing straightforward pediatric admissions such as basic ENT cases.
- No complex subspecialty care or PICU-level cases.
- Procedures Include: Circumcisions, emergency CPAP management, frenotomies, and excision of simple polydactyly. Rare emergency procedures such as intubation, needle decompression of pneumothorax, and UVC placement.
Benefits:
- Sign-on Bonus: $ 25k+ sign-on bonus to assist with the transition.
- Competitive Compensation: Guaranteed base salary (typically MGMA median) + WRVU bo