Acute Care Pediatrician

Summary

Join Imagine Pediatrics as an Acute Care Pediatrician and provide full-time virtual acute care services to patients. You will collaborate with a team to deliver virtual care, respond to acute care needs, and triage decisions for in-home urgent care visits. Responsibilities include collaborating with allied health personnel during home visits, overseeing Advanced Practice Providers, serving as a virtual attending, and participating in on-call coverage. The role requires a medical license, board certification, and at least 5 years of experience in a high-volume pediatric setting. Bilingual Spanish and experience in telehealth are preferred. Imagine Pediatrics offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, and paid parental leave.

Requirements

• Be a licensed physician (MD/DO)
• Be Board certified or Board Eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
• Have at least 5 years of experience as a pediatric physician in a high-volume emergency department, inpatient, or urgent care setting
• Have experience managing medically complex pediatric patients
• Have an Active DEA Controlled Substance Registration or be eligible for application
• Maintain professional credentialing and CME standards
• Be passionate about the growing role innovative technology can play in improving access to care and care delivery
• Be passionate about tackling the issue of healthcare inequity
• Be an independent self-starter, a leader, and a strategic thinker who is excited about the big picture of whole health, and the ongoing evaluation and iteration of our care model
• Have experience working within an interdisciplinary team
• Be comfortable working in a tech-heavy environment and comfortable troubleshooting basic technology issues
• Have a stable and reliable internet connection, along with a private place to work

Responsibilities

• Provide full-time virtual acute care services to Imagine Pediatrics patients and their caregivers
• Respond to inbound acute and perceived acute care needs
• Triage decisions to dispatch our mobile field team of allied health personnel to initiate blended virtual and in-home urgent care visits
• Collaborate with Mobile Integrated Care allied health personnel during home visits
• Virtually meet with patients, obtain an appropriate history, assist allied health personnel in a focused physical exam, order appropriate testing and treatment, and provide appropriate follow up with requesting and primary providers
• Oversee, and work closely with a team of Advanced Practice Providers, who will be the front line of our virtual urgent care program
• Serve as a virtual acute care “attending”, providing clinical guidance and support
• Participate in on-call coverage to support the 24/7 nature of the virtual acute care program

Preferred Qualifications

• Be Bilingual in Spanish
• Have Telehealth experience
• Have a license to practice in at least one of the following states: (TX or FL) and are willing to obtain licenses in all other existing and future Imagine Pediatrics markets

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA; Company-funded HSA
• 401(k) with 4% match, vested 100% from day one
• Employer-paid short and long-term disability
• Life insurance at 1x annual salary
• 20 days PTO + 10 Company Holidays & 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid new parent leave
• Additional benefits to be detailed in offer