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Posted: 10-Oct-24
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Salary: Open
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville, is currently seeking an Interventional Pediatric Radiologist to join our growing team.
Nemours is a pediatric tertiary care subspecialty clinic located in Jacksonville, Florida. The position involves full-time responsibilities as an attending Interventional Pediatric Radiologist at our freestanding outpatient facility and at Wolfson Children's Hospital. Wolfson is a 216-bed pediatric hospital where all imaging modalities are utilized. An opportunity for academic appointment to the Mayo Medical School and University of Florida, Jacksonville are available.
The preferred candidate will have strong skills in pediatric interventional radiology, excellent clinical and interpersonal skills, and the desire to collaborate with clinicians to deliver the best in interventional care. Pediatric interventional radiology team consists of 3 pediatric interventional radiologists, a nurse practitioner, specialized nurses, and techs. Pediatric interventional radiologists are on call every third week. Pediatric diagnostic calls are covered separately by diagnostic radiologists.
There are 2 options for this job:
- Full time onsite pediatric interventional radiology job with little basic (Xray, Ultrasound) diagnostic mix. Diagnostic assignment will average about one day per week.
- Only call coverage: Just cover 17 weeks of pediatric interventional radiology calls onsite every year
Nemours Radiology provides full pediatric imaging services (diagnostic and interventional) for the Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville, Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, FL, Nemours Children's Health, Pensacola as well as staffs pediatric radiology at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, FL.
Nemours radiology services are integrated within a single PACS with faculty working from common work-lists. In 2022, over 400,000 imaging examinations were performed in the system. Faculty are licensed in both Delaware and Florida and credentialed throughout the system. By creating an integrated Nemours-wide Radiology department, with a critical mass of 40 pediatric radiologists, making us one of the largest pediatric radiology faculty in the nation. This critical mass has enabled marked improvement in report turn-around times, increased sub-specialization, dramatic increase in academic productivity, and work on system-wide quality improvement and safety initiatives.
Interested candidates should forward their formal CV to:
Chetan C Shah, MD, MBA
Chairman, Department of Medical Imaging
Nemours Children's Clinic
807 Children's Way, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Chetan.shah@nemours.org
Nemours Children's Health, Jacksonville has a long-standing affiliation with Wolfson Children's Hospital; a 280-bed free standing Children's Hospital. Our main campus clinic and ambulatory space connects via skybridge to the hospital, ORs, and inpatient units. We have an excellent clinical trials team, and research opportunities abound as data and trials can span all 4 Nemours sites within the integrated multistate Nemours organization. Wolfson Children's Hospital is the top destination in the region for premature and critically ill newborns in their 70-bed Level IV NICU and is the area's only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Our academic partner, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, allows our faculty to enjoy an academic appointment to the level of their expertise.
At our four clinic locations in the Jacksonville area, Nemours is a leading provider of pediatric specialty care with many of our pediatric specialists regularly recognized as the "Best Doctors in America(r)". We offer comprehensive, family-centered care in more than 30 pediatric specialties. Several of those specialties in collaboration with Wolfson Children's Hospital, have been named among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report
One of the fastest growing areas of Florida, Jacksonville is home to many arts venues, numerous festivals, national and international sporting events including the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp AA minor league baseball team, exceptional golf courses as well as world-class art and culture. The annual Players Championship held at the nearby TPC course is an internationally recognized sporting event. We have excellent public and private schools coupled with a low cost-of-living and no state-income tax. We are ideally located on the St. Johns River within minutes of Atlantic coast beaches and a short drive to the Jacksonville International Airport.
The mission of Nemours is to provide leadership, institutions and services to restore and improve the health of children through care and programs not readily available, with one high standard of quality and distinction regardless of the recipient's financial status. Nemours is committed to providing patient- and family-centered health care; educating the next generation of health care providers through a variety of education affiliations; offering extensive online and in-person continuing medical education; providing health and wellness information for kids, teens, parents and educators via KidsHealth.org; and offering families 24/7 access to virtual consults with Nemours pediatricians via computer or mobile devices.