Sedation Physician

Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is seeking Sedation Physician to join our team in Wilmington.

Sedation Physician functions as a member of the Sedation Division, Department of Anesthesiology, providing deep and moderate sedation to patients undergoing diagnostic or procedural studies in medical imaging and therapeutic and diagnostic procedures for numerous hospital services in the Nemours Children’s Hospital Sedation Unit.

 

Expected duties:

• Evaluate patients prior to sedation and determine appropriate sedation plan for scheduled testing and/or procedure.
• Discuss sedation options with parents/legal guardian and patients, if appropriate.  Obtain consent for appropriate sedation.
• Communicate with medical/surgical services as needed to coordinate appropriate sedation plan and timing for requested imaging studies and/or procedures.
• Administer appropriate sedation and analgesic medications to accomplish sedation plan.
• Coordinate and direct work of sedation nursing staff to provide appropriate sedation care.
• Monitor patient vitals in coordination with sedation nursing staff throughout sedation and recovery period.
• Evaluate sedation patients in recovery to determine appropriate timing of discharge from sedation unit.
• Complete clinical documentation in timely manner in accordance with department requirements.
• Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee’s supervisor.

 

The sedation service at Nemours Children’s Hospital has been operating for over 30 years and provides sedation for patients throughout Medical Imaging (including Interventional Radiology) as well as sedation for procedures done by surgical and medical specialists. We operate out of a central sedation unit within medical imaging with 3 sedation induction rooms, 3 anesthesia induction rooms and 8 recovery bays. We have a seasoned group of dedicated sedation nurses, an APN that provides moderate sedation, and sedation nurse schedulers that screen and schedule all sedations.  We are fortunate to have an anesthesiologist with two CRNA’s embedded in our daily team providing care for anesthesia cases. Applicants must be board certified/eligible in either Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care, or have extensive experience with deep sedation. 

Pediatric Emergency Medicine applicants may have a part-time position shared with the Division of Emergency Medicine, which cares for over 60,000 patients a year, in our 44-bed state of the art Emergency Department that opened in 2014 as part of a major expansion of the hospital.

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient, and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children.  We have an excellent clinical trials team and research opportunities abound, as data and trials can span all sites within the integrated Nemours organization.  Generous sign-on bonus offered.

 

For confidential consideration, please forward your formal CV to:

Zac Wilberger, Physician Recruiter

Nemours Children’s Health System

Zac.wilberger@nemours.org

 

Only 30-minutes from PHL International Airport and less than an hour away from Philadelphia, this is a rare opportunity to step into a busy practice in one of the Northeast’s most desirable communities. Located in the Northeast corridor, Wilmington provides limitless cultural and professional opportunities given its easy access and proximity to major metropolitan areas while being nestled in the bucolic Brandywine Valley.  As the center of commerce and culture in Delaware, Wilmington combines the amenities and excitement of big-city living with the peace and charm of a small town.

Nemours offers a competitive salary and a robust benefits package that includes productivity and quality-based financial incentives, relocation, health, life, dental, CME, 403-B Retirement Plan with matching, 457-retirement savings plan, licensure, and dues allowance. Nemours is a not-for-profit organization; full-time employed physicians qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

 

 

 

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