About this role
Nemours Children's Health is seeking an Urgent Care Physician for our newly expanding Urgent Care Network in Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania!
As one of the nation’s leading pediatric healthcare systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
We’re looking for talented, passionate people to join us on the journey to better health for children. As one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, we offer an open collaborative environment, great benefits and the opportunity for you to make a difference. This position will require the provider to work weekend days and weekday nights.
Key Responsibilities
Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests.
Obtain, compile and record patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination.
Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
Perform therapeutic procedures, such as injections, suturing and wound care, fracture splinting, and incision and drainage, removal of foreign objects, among other procedures.
Make provisional diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients.
Prescribe therapy or medication.
Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens and health maintenance.
What we offer
Competitive salary
Health, life, dental & vision benefits for Associates and their dependents
Wellness program
CME days and dollars
403(b) with employer match
Licensure and dues allowance after hire
Tuition reimbursement & tuition discount programs with various Universities for Associates and their dependents
Adoption assistance and 6 weeks of Paternity leave
Qualifications
MD or DO
Two to Three years of experience, preferably in a Pediatric Urgent Care or Pediatric Emergency Department setting.
Board certification/eligibility in Pediatrics or Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Current unrestricted Pennsylvania/Delaware licensure and DEA (PA, DE).
If you’re looking for a position that will allow you to enjoy a work-life balance, have an opportunity for professional growth, and focus on pediatric care, this is the opportunity for you.
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Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.
Other facts
About Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
What you'll do
- Key responsibilities include administering or ordering diagnostic tests, compiling patient medical data, interpreting results, and performing various therapeutic procedures like injections, suturing, and wound care. The physician will also make provisional diagnoses, decide on patient management and treatment, and counsel patients on prescribed regimens and health maintenance.
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