Child Abuse Pediatrician - Full Time - Hartford, CT

Job description

SUMMARY: The Child Abuse Pediatrician is accountable for delivering comprehensive quality patient care, including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions according to standards of practice to children from birth through adolescence. The practice context is a specialized, multi-disciplinary suspected child abuse evaluation team. Primary site of clinical practice is at CT Children’s Medical Center as part of the SCAN (suspected child abuse and neglect) team. ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: Clinical responsibilities: - Performs medical evaluations and recommends management on children and adolescents who are affected by suspected child abuse or neglect. This may include suspected physical abuse, emotional abuse, medical child abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect. - Provides outpatient consultation for patients at CT Children’s Medical Center and Satellite locations with suspected abuse or neglect. - Perform comprehensive anogenital evaluations with photo documentation and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. - Answers and returns telephone calls to patient families, physicians, and other providers or agencies. May provide phone guidance on management and triage of patients...