Neonatology Physician

35 weeks are shared between the Hospitalists and the Neonatologists

• NICU averages about 170 admissions per year
• Average daily census is approximately 78
• The NICU manages infants >

28 weeks gestation and provides short term conventional ventilation and BCPAP

• Typically 78 hrs a day are spent doing NICU care with roughly 4-6 hrs being on rounds and the remainder attending high risk deliveries.
• Day shift is from 7AM through 5PM. The night shift begins at 5PM and ends 7AM the following day
• Call is from home
• When not on service, rounding, attending deliveries or meetings it is not the expectation to remain in house
• Expect to be called in for a delivery once or twice every third time on call though this may be quite variable. Typically,
• Neonatologist is expected to cover 24 weekends per year, and a share of the major holidays
• COMMUNITY :
• Located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Commutable form Sacramento or San Francisco
• Easily accessible to major highways such as I80 and I-680
• Convenient proximity to the Napa Valley wine region as well
• REQUIREMENTS :
• BC / BE Neonatology
• NRP instructor course completion and facility in all NRP procedures (including intubation and UVC placement)
• Core procedures including, but not limited to : ETT, UAC, UVC, LP, Chest Tube placement and circumcision