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Child Abuse Pediatrician - (Remote or Part Time Available)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Medical degree/diploma
  • Kentucky medical license or license eligible
  • Residency/fellowship certification

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate children suspected victims of child maltreatment
  • Work in tandem with a nurse or nurse practitioner on all cases
  • Handle evaluation, case management, and report writing
  • Provide court testimony when needed

Key facts

Other skills

  • Report Writing
  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Enthusiasm
  • Persistence

About the company

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Norton Healthcare

Norton Healthcare is a leader in serving adult and pediatric patients from throughout Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The not-for-profit hospital and health care system is Louisville’s second largest employer, with more than 18,600 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and nearly 3,000 total providers on its medical staff. Norton Healthcare has five Louisville-based hospitals with a total of 1,907 licensed beds. Norton West Louisville Hospital is scheduled to open in late 2024. The system also includes eight outpatient centers, 18 Norton Immediate Care Centers, eight Norton Prompt Care at Walgreens clinics and an expanded telehealth program. It provides care at more than 350 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The hospitals provide inpatient and outpatient general care as well as specialty care including heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedic, women’s and pediatric services. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a multitude of areas. Norton King’s Daughters’ Health in Madison, Indiana, also is part of Norton Healthcare. Read more at KDHMadison.org/About-Us. Since 2018, Norton Healthcare’s five Louisville hospitals and Norton Cancer Institute have been named LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leaders by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, earning a top score of 100 on the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). Norton Healthcare also was recognized in 2022 as one of the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” by the Disability Equality Index. To learn more about career opportunities, visit NortonHealthcareCareers.com.

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Company typeXLarge
Company size10001

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Job description

Responsibilities:

NORTON CHILDREN’S PEDIATRIC PROTECTION SPECIALISTS, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking multiple child abuse pediatricians to join our practice. Our rapidly expanding team of professionals includes child abuse pediatricians, social workers, advanced practice providers, nurses and administrative support staff. We evaluate children from across Kentucky and Southern Indiana who are suspected victims of child maltreatment. Through our fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), our team has trained fellows who have gone on to provide care from Maine to South Dakota. Norton Children’s Pediatric Protection Specialists sees children at Norton Children’s Hospital, a free standing tertiary and quarternary care facility, and we perform case reviews for children who are not seen in person.

 

Our child abuse pediatricians work in tandem with a nurse or nurse practitioner on all cases, with responsibility for evaluation, case management, on call, report writing and court testimony when needed. We embrace diversity and social justice in all we do. Our culture is warm, inclusive, friendly, determined and practical. Our team works closely together to best serve the needs of our patients, who are always our top priority

 

About the Position: 

  • Our team is unique in our use of clinical forensic nurses as physicianextenders; nurses and nurse practitioners take first call and collaborate with the on-call physician for every patient
  • Appointment to a faculty position at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, which offers robust support for clinical research, academic pursuits and teaching
  • Abundant opportunities for community engagement and policy/ prevention work and engagement with students, residents, community providers and partners
  • Opportunities to sit on or lead multiple state and local boards and teams
  • Ideal candidate is friendly, enthusiastic, a great team player, an excellent communicator and dedicated to doing the right thing for our patients
  • Candidate must be board certified in general pediatrics, and board certified/board eligible in child abuse pediatrics
Qualifications:
Required:
  • Medical degree/diploma
  • Kentucky medical license or license eligible
  • Residency/fellowship certification

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