Associate Professor (GFT), Neonatology
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · Brooklyn
The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Associate Professor (GFT), Neonatology. The successful candidate will:
- Provide education, clinical supervision, and formal teaching to medical students, PA/Nursing students, residents, and fellows within Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
- Provide clinical care and evaluate, assess and manage and neonatal and infant patients at University Hospital at Downstate with emphasis on specialty. care of newborn infants, particularly those born prematurely or with serious or complex medical conditions.
- Work directly as attending of record in the UHD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to diagnose, treat, and monitor the health or NICU patients, while providing support and education to families during a critical time. Respond to calls to Labor and Delivery and elsewhere as needed for high-risk deliveries or fetuses in distress. Respond to calls for consults in term newborn nursery.
- Assist in the administration and activities of the ACGME accredited fellowship training program in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
- Perform patient assessment and treatment, monitor vital signs, managing complex medical situations, family communication, collaboration with healthcare team (NICU nurses, respiratory therapists, and other specialists) to develop and carry out a comprehensive care plan for each infant; perform procedures
- Attend high-risk deliveries requiring expertise in delivery room resuscitation and stabilization anticipated events.
- Actively participate in daily patient rounds, medical records documentation of patient status, admission H and P, daily progress notes, procedure notes, medication reconciliation. and discharge summaries.
- Perform NICU attending on clinical service with rotations in the NICU, on-site night and, week-end day or night calls in rotation with the other NICU attendings, possible, high risk follow-up/developmental clinics, and conducting neonatal critical care transports.
- Serve as supervising physician in the residency training program teaching and supervising residents and participating in the interviews/recruitment, mentoring and evaluation of residents.
- Participate in any of a range of scholarly activities such as clinical research with potential for reviewed publications and or extramural grant support necessary for eligibility for academic advancement.
- Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students, health related professions students and staff. Engagement in administrative and committee work as institutional service is also expected and necessary for academic advancement.
- Participate in the Clinical Practice Management Plan of the Department Pediatrics as a billing provider or contracted service provider.
Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Associate Professor (GFT), Neonatology.
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