Rush University Children's Hospital in downtown Chicago, IL is recruiting a part-time Academic Pediatric Hospitalist to join its growing Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. We are looking for applicants committed to providing exceptional inpatient care to a diverse and complex population of patients. Special consideration will be given to candidates with experience or completing fellowship. This opportunity will involve extensive teaching responsibilities with our outstanding Pediatric Residency, Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency and Rush Medical College programs. Hospitalists will be expected to provide leadership in scholarly initiatives within the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Ideal candidates will have experience in areas including: quality improvement, clinical research, medical education research and medical simulation. Members of our team provide inpatient care on a 20-bed General Pediatric Unit.. Pediatric Hospitalists work alongside multiple sub-specialty groups, including pediatric surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, urology, cranio-facial surgery, anesthesia/pain, psychiatry, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, pulmonology, sleep medicine, nephrology, endocrinology, cardiology and neurology.
Candidates must be Board Certified/Eligible in Pediatrics and may have fellowship training in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Candidates with a pediatric residency or med/peds will be considered. Candidates will be eligible for a faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level, commensurate with their experience and accomplishments
Internal Number: 238913
About Rush University Medical Center
Rush University System for Health (RUSH) is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. RUSH comprises Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities. Rush University, with more than 2,500 students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College. Rush University Medical Center is an elite medical community recognized for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise. Our continued pursuits have earned Rush University Medical Center the distinction of being on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2020-2021. This places the Medical Center amongst the top 20 of the 3,000 hospitals evaluated. U.S. News & World Report has also recognized 11 Rush programs amongst the nation’s best, including top five national rankings for orthopedics, neurology and neurosurgery. These... accolades, along with many others that include a decade of Magnet® designation, are a reflection of the collective efforts and commitment to excellence demonstrated by our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and medical staff. Rush University Medical Center has received Vizient's Quality Leadership Award, ranking first among 99 academic medical centers across the country. For the second consecutive year, all three Rush University System for Health hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index.
