We’re seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Intensivist to join the expanding team at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana. Responsibilities will include providing quality clinical care in the Level I 14-bed PICU and teaching responsibilities for the education of Tulane-Ochsner pediatric residents and medical students, and University of Queensland medical students. The successful candidate will be eligible for an academic appointment commensurate with experience.

Ranked #1 in Louisiana for the second year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2022-23, Ochsner Hospital for Children was also recognized as a national leader in the new rankings in pediatric cardiology and heart surgery, pediatric gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, and pediatric orthopedics. Ochsner Hospital for Children continues to be a top destination for pediatric care in the region through an unwavering commitment to always putting patients first.

About Ochsner Hospital for Children

At Ochsner, you will find an incredibly exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing pediatric department of more than 160 physicians in more than 30 pediatric specialties and subspecialties. The group is the region’s leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Ochsner Hospital for Children offers a full range of pediatric care from primary to quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties including solid organ transplantation and pediatric cardiovascular surgery. In addition, physicians collaborate with nationally recognized adult partners to provide young adult transitional care in a variety of specialties. The children’s hospital includes a pediatric primary care network, a dedicated pediatric emergency department, in-house pediatric intensivists, and a full-time pediatric hospitalist medicine service. In addition, there is a 44-bed pediatric unit, along with a 14-bed level I PICU, 12-bed CVICU and 54-bed level IV regional referral NICU. The team serves a broad geographic area encompassing the entire Gulf South region by leveraging a system of satellite clinics and, extensive tele-medicine capabilities, as well as a dedicated, full-time, pediatric transport team providing ground, rotary, and fixed wing transports across the entire region.

Ochsner has an outstanding primary care pediatric network across the region with over 40 general pediatricians, in addition to a large outside referral base.  Ochsner pediatric physicians care for over 80,000 unique pediatric patients annually, and Ochsner hospitals have more than 4,000 deliveries per year.

About New Orleans

New Orleans exudes a character all its own and offers a lifestyle that no other U.S. city can match. It’s home to world-class music, dining and shopping. Professional football and basketball, gorgeous city parks, year-round festivals, prestigious academic centers and universities, and Southern hospitality await you. If you’re craving the beach, the Gulf shores of Alabama are about two and a half hours away by car; and the white sands of Pensacola, Florida, are just three hours away. It’s easy to understand why residents take great pride in calling New Orleans their home. You’ll fall in love the minute you set foot here, both personally and professionally.

For complete details and confidential consideration, please submit your CV and cover letter to Glenda Church Smith, Principal, Pediatric Search Partners at glenda@pediatricsearchpartners.com, phone (877) 440-3832 or text (214) 850-3094.

About Pediatric Search Partners

Pediatric Search Partners is a boutique search firm solely focused on pediatric and pediatric subspecialty search. With a combined total of over 60 years in recruiting and healthcare, we specialize in matching those who care for children with jobs they truly care about.

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