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Pediatrics - Physician at Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care - Provider Solutions + Development summary:

This position is for a full-time Pediatric Infectious Disease physician at Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care, providing inpatient and outpatient consultations across several medical centers. The role includes clinical services, infection prevention consultation, antimicrobial stewardship, and educational responsibilities for medical residents and students. Swedish offers a comprehensive pediatric specialty network with access to advanced NICU and PICU units in Seattle, WA.

Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care is looking to add a full-time, board certified/board eligible Pediatric Infectious Disease physician to their thriving practice. Duties include assisting with the inpatient consultation service for the NICU, PICU and Pediatric floor at Swedish Medical Center First Hill, the neonatal units at Swedish Issaquah & Ballard Medical Centers, and Valley Medical Center, Renton. The appointee will assist with an Outpatient Consultation service for Pediatric Infectious Disease, including providing opportunities for virtual consultation and for electronic consultations (e-consults’) from colleagues in Pediatric Primary and Secondary care and Family Medicine.

In addition to clinical services, the appointee will provide consultation and advice pertaining to Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship Services and to the Swedish Medical Microbiology Committee and will provide the Providence (/St Joseph) System with support for a range of advice and consultation services in relation to the field of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

The applicant will be expected to contribute to Continuing Medical Education (CME) for colleagues in the Pediatric Department and to the education of Medical Residents from the Swedish Family Medicine Residency programs and Medical Students from the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University.

• Compensation is between $222,077 and $294,444 per year
• The compensation amounts listed may include productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, as applicable to the position. In addition, providers may have CME benefits available to them

Where You’ll Work

The Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care is a multi-specialty clinic that consists of Pediatric-trained providers in Urology, General Surgery, GI, Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Orthopedics and registered dieticians. Pediatric Cardiology also provides services at Swedish Medical Center. As the busiest high-risk delivery center in the Pacific Northwest, Swedish provides more than 12,000 deliveries each year. This provides a strong referral base for prenatal consultations and newborns with various congenital anomalies and renal concerns. With a strong primary care network and with access to a hospital that features a level IV NICU and a PICU, Swedish Pediatric Specialty Care can provide world-class care to patients all across the Pacific Northwest.

Where You’ll Live

Seattle is the Pacific Northwest’s largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the world’s biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee.

Who You’ll Work For

Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran

Keywords:

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Physician, Pediatrics, Inpatient Consultation, Outpatient Consultation, NICU, PICU, Infection Prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medical Education

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