Job Description

Job Description

Venesco, LLC has a new opening for Neonatologists to work the night shift to at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. We are open to full time, part time and PRN.  The neonatologist will participate on a team of neonatologists in caring for critical neonates who are in born to WRNMMC or other locations, including military treatment facilities, outside civilian hospitals, or our own Operating Rooms after surgery.  This is a great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those who serve our country!

Comprehensive compensation package offered with benefits for full time including:

• Market competitive pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Prescription
• Short- and Long-term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401 K with employer match
• Paid time off & Paid Holidays
• Annual Bonus
• Malpractice protection under the Federal TORT Claims Act

Core Duties:

• Ensure that progress notes, diagnosis and treatment plans are completed in accordance with Military Treatment Facility (MTF) guidelines.
• Responsible for writing orders directly and/or supervising orders written by house officers.
• Contractor shall become familiar with the hospital formulary. Contract physicians who are authorized to prescribe pharmaceuticals shall do so according to the availability of drugs listed therein. The pharmacy services will provide instructions to all prescribing practitioners regarding substitutions of generic drugs for prescribed drugs. The contract physician shall follow the procedures of the MTF when prescribing drugs.
• Prepare and maintain proper medical records on beneficiaries to whom treatment is provided in accordance with MTF procedures.
• Answer consults from other services within WRNMMC (i.e., pediatric subspecialists, pediatric surgeons, et al) in conformation with WRNMMC's policy guidelines.
• Determine when the patient's status shall allow for discharge from the NICU. At the time of discharge, the Neonatologist shall initiate a discharge order and inform the outpatient physician.
• Consider the opinions of other WRNMMC staff physicians regarding each case, and to make management decisions in the spirit of a cooperative medical team, and in the patient's best interest. For surgical patients the neonatologist will remain as the primary physician and the surgical team acting as consultants.
• Maintain a level of professionalism by continuing to enhance their education and by participating in continuing medical education programs required by the DHA, State, Federal and peer review organizations.

Requirements

• Degree:  Doctor of Medicine
• Fellowship:  Completion of a minimum of three (3) years formal training (Fellowship) in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved facility with Board Eligibility or Certification.
• Board Certification:  Actively seeking Board Certification (in process of becoming Board Certified within eighteen (18) months) or Board Certified in Neonatal Perinatal Medicine.
• Licensure:  Possess and maintain a current valid unrestricted license to practice medicine in any state in the United Sates, The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands.
• DEA: Possess and maintain a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number to prescribe controlled substances. The medical license shall be from the state in which the contractor or contractors employees are registered with the DEA.
• Patient Care: Possess sufficient initiative, interpersonal relationship skills and social sensitivity such that he/she can relate constructively to a variety of patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Life Support Certification: Maintain certification in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), STABLE, Basic Life Support (BLS) and Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS).

Venesco, LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.

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