Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Physician (25-STO-PCICU-04 A-B)

The baseline training qualifications for eligible applicants include:

·      Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Board certification (or recognized international equivalent) in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine with evidence of completion of advanced training (minimum 1 year) in pediatric cardiac intensive care in a recognized training program. 

·      Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Board certification Board Certification (or recognized international equivalent) in Pediatric Cardiology with evidence of completion of advanced training (minimum 1 year) in pediatric cardiac intensive care in a recognized training program.

The preferred candidate may have additional desirable training/experience as evidenced by:

·      Dual Board training/certification in any two of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology and/or Pediatric Anesthesia.

·      Previous consultant level pediatric cardiac intensive care experience in the management of complex pediatric cardiac ICU patients.

·      Additional training and exposure in Pediatric Critical Care Nephrology (PCCN) through at least 3 months of exposure to all advanced modalities of contemporary extracorporeal RRT (eg. CRRT, PD, Carpediem, Aquadex, photophoresis) in a formal Pediatric CCN training program.

·      Additional formal training in pediatric neurocritical care/pediatric neurology

·      additional research training through a formalized Research fellowship program 

The successful candidate will join 9 attending pediatric cardiac intensivists in the PCICU. Participation in resident and fellow education, clinical and/or translational research, and quality/performance improvement is expected of all current and future members of the group. Extensive opportunities exist for research/quality collaborations with investigators in the Stollery Cardiac Program, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Departments of Pediatrics and Adult Critical Care Medicine.

Stollery Children’s Hospital is one of two surgical sites for the Western Canadian Congenital Heart Network. This coordinated regional program provides complex pediatric cardiovascular and pulmonary hypertension care to a referral population of more than 13 million people encompassing a vast geography of Western and Northern Canada. The program is consistently ranked amongst the top 10 in North America for pediatric cardiac surgical volume and quality outcomes. The Stollery PCICU has a higher complexity mix than our comparators with a high predicted risk of mortality and predicted length of stay.  That notwithstanding, our complexity-adjusted mortality, length of stay, and resource utilization consistently outperform the benchmark. This high level of clinical care is achieved without compromising the quality of care or our guiding principles of patient and family-centred care.

The PCICU is a state-of-the-art, 16-bed dedicated unit that provides all forms of cardiovascular intensive care for children with congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases. Currently, about 600 patients are admitted to the PCICU annually, with 75% of admissions for post-operative care. Patients range in age from postoperative neonates to adolescents; patient complexity and acuity are amongst the highest in North America. A full range of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) services are provided, including ventricular assist devices, interventional lung assist (iLA) and ECMO.   Stollery Children’s Hospital is the primary ECLS centre for Western Canada and routinely performs mobile ECMO transport across a vast geography.  Stollery Children’s is a large volume pediatric cardiothoracic transplantation program (approximately 10+ pediatric heart transplants and up to 3 pediatric lung transplants per year), and critically ill pre- and post-transplant patients are managed in the PCICU.   In addition, the Stollery Children’s Hospital is the lead site for the Western Canadian Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program.  This program coordinates outpatient, consultation, catheterization and inpatient management for this highly specialized, complex patient population.

Stollery Children’s Hospital is situated in the heart of the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, a vibrant cosmopolitan city in Northern Alberta that provides the ideal setting for work-life balance.  Whether your interests include professional sports, theatre, music or an active outdoor lifestyle, Edmonton has something to offer for you and your family.  In addition, Edmonton’s emphasis on community-centred development and its world-renowned public education system makes it an enviable place to raise and nurture a family.