Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Practitioner, Locum​

The Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, is seeking a long term FFS locum starting March 1, 2025, for one year.   

The successful Clinician will provide clinical care to pediatric inpatients and work a variety of most responsible physician or consult hospital pediatrician shifts in acute or complex care team, teaching teams and an admitting team in a 24/7 care model with in-house coverage.   The position will be scheduled with an expectation to work a proportion of nights and weekend in-house shifts. 

 The role will include the supervision of medical students, residents, PHM Fellows, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and be part of the Code Blue Team, led by PICU.  Additionally there will professional responsibility outside of the clinical role, in one of our 4 pillars: Clinical, Education, Quality and Safety and Research, which is non-remunerated, such as attending Section meetings, submitting billing, completing trainee evaluations,  familiarizing themselves with any new clinical processes, and participating Section CME.    

 The Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine holds the aspirational vision of being at the forefront of our developing subspecialty. We have academic members with expertise in Quality Improvement and Medical Education and we launched an academic Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship in July 2018. Our clinical members have diverse interests and support the academic mission of the Section. We are a very cohesive and collaborative group.  

The Department of Pediatrics has over 300 clinical and academic faculty members who are part of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. 

For more information regarding this position, please contact: Dr. Laura Davies, Interim Section Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Interested applicants should include the following attachments with their application: 

• Cover letter  
• ​Curriculum vitae  
• ​The names and contact information for three referees.  
• ​All interviewed applicants will require three letters of reference to be sent to: Dr. Antonia Stang, Department Head: Antonia.Stang@albertahealthservices.ca ​and Debbie.velsink@albertahealthservices.ca

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