Neonatologist - Per Diem - Poughkeepsie, NY
Connecticut Children's · Poughkeepsie, New York, US
The Neonatologist will serve within our community NICU system located in eastern New York, part of our care alliance partnership with Nuvance Health, on a bu...
Job description
The Neonatologist will serve within our community NICU system located in eastern New York, part of our care alliance partnership with Nuvance Health, on a busy Level 3b NICU unit as well as couplet care for normal, healthy newborns. The hospital has a Neonatal Transport system and also covers NNPs that are at a nearby Level 1B. The Neonatologist will provide hospital service collaboratively with a team of attending and advanced practitioner staff and subspecialty support. This service will provide high quality and safe management, diagnose and treat of a variety of neonatal illnesses and conditions covering a broad spectrum of health issues. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: -Provide assessment of patients by obtaining a comprehensive history. - Examines patients to obtain objective physical data and supporting information through laboratory and imaging modalities. - Formulate a differential diagnosis and develops a reasonable treatment plan to include pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and making appropriate referrals as indicated. - Maintain ongoing documentation of patient interventions within the timeframe established by policy, to include documentation of initial assessmen...