Description
Seeking Neonatologist for Established Group Practice in Meridian, MS – Serving Community Hospitals with no commute and great vacation time.
Neonatal Services, Ltd., in Meridian, MS is seeking a neonatologist to join its established practice. The group currently has two neonatologists and four NNPs and provides coverage between two large hospital systems in the area- Ochsner Rush Health and Anderson Regional Medical Center. The group serves the patients of East MS and West AL, encompassing over 350,000 patients per year and 2500 deliveries.
Additional Details:
Seeking a BC/BE Neonatologist to serve two community hospitals, 215-bed and 400-bed, 22 NICU beds, and average daily census of 12
No In house call
Private Practice employment with salary
Two level III NICUs with CMV, oscillators, no cooling, no surgery, no ECMO.
Great PTO of 26 weeks the first year to include sick leave, CME and vacation; time increases after the first year
About Ochsner Rush Health System:
Ochsner Rush Health, a 215-bed hospital with a 12-bed Level III NICU, 5 critical access hospitals, a 49 bed LTAC hospital and 30 clinics. Ochsner Rush Hospital's Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was the first NICU to open in the Meridian area.
About Anderson's Regional Medical Center:
Anderson's Hospital, featuring two campuses, North and South, and 400 patient rooms, and a 10-bed Level III NICU. Visit www.andersonregional.org for details.
About Meridian:
Meridian, MS: A mid-sized town of about 45 to 50,000. Located on two interstates, it is centrally located and is close to several major cities including New Orleans, LA (3 hours); Jackson, MS (1.5 hours); Birmingham, AL (2.5 hours); Atlanta, GA (4 hours); and the beaches of Gulf Shores, AL (3.5 hours). It is a very family Oriented community with conservative values, a low cost of Living, and excellent school options. Our beautiful year-round warm weather allows for multiple outdoor activities including camping, fishing, hiking and boating.
Other Benefits:
Lucrative Income
Call 1:2
Health insurance for doctor & family
Malpractice with tail
26 weeks PTO a year
$5,000 CME stipend or boards
$3,000 for relocation
$1500 for dues, license and membership costs
401K 100% vested year 1
Potential Partnership
J1 eligible location
Our comprehensive Pediatrics Program including primary care pediatricians and pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists (Ochsner Children's™) represents over 230 physicians. The group is the region's leading integrated provider of multispecialty care for newborns, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. We offer a full range of pediatric complex specialty services including congenital heart surgery and cardiac transplantation, liver and bone marrow transplantation, a comprehensive surgical sub-specialty group, and the region's only comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental center.
We recently announced the building of a new separate, comprehensive, dedicated Children's Hospital on our main campus, with expected opening in 2027.
We currently care for patients in an expanding 67-bed Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 14-bed PICU, a 12-bed pediatric CV-ICU, and a 44-bed pediatric acute unit, with a dedicated pediatric emergency room, and full-time, region-wide in-house pediatric and neonatal transport teams.
In addition to patient care, Ochsner Children's Hospital has an ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program and is responsible for teaching pediatric residents from the Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency program as well as medical students from both Tulane and the University of Queensland. Ochsner Health and Xavier University of Louisiana recently announced an agreement to establish a joint College of Medicine.
About Ochsner Children's
Ranked #1 Children's Hospital in Louisiana for the third year in a row and as a top children's hospital nationally for the seventh year in a row by U.S. News & World Report in 2023-24. Ochsner Children's Hospital was also recognized as a national leader in the most recent rankings in two specialties: Pediatric Cardiology and Heart Surgery, and Pediatric Orthopedics. Ochsner Children's Hospital continues to be a top destination for pediatric care in the Gulf South region through an unwavering commitment to always putting patients first.
Ochsner Children's offers a full range of pediatric care from primary to quaternary care, with services offered in all subspecialties, including Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Advanced GI and Hepatology, Advanced Orthopedic Surgery, Hematology-Oncology, Cleft Palate/Cranio-Facial Surgery, as well as heart, liver, and bone marrow transplant. Ochsner Children's is a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to complex conditions. Ochsner Children's Hospital is the top congenital heart program in the state (both in volume and outcomes) and has the largest and most comprehensive pediatric liver transplant program in the Gulf South.
Ochsner also maintains 28 primary care locations across southern Louisiana and 30 subspecialty locations (Including the Shaquille O'Neal Pediatric Super Clinic in Baton Rouge); and the Boh Center for Child Development, a dedicated multidisciplinary developmental pediatrics center.
If you would like more information about our program or would like to discuss this position with Dr. Jose Perez, Medical Director of Neonatology, please contact Courtney Lawhun, Physician Recruiter, at courtney.lawhun@ochsner.org.
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