Description
Specialty: Pediatrics
Subspecialty Interest: Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Schedule: Full-Time
Call Schedule: To be discussed at time of interview
Practice Detail: A Developmental Pediatrician will join our team, specializing in outpatient care within a developmental pediatrics setting. The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in developmental and behavioral disorders, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient care.
EMR System: Cerner
Facility: Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Henry Ford St. John Hospital is looking for a Physician - Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics for our Department of Pediatrics. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Henry Ford St. John Hospital to provide medical services to our Pediatric patients.
Position Highlights:
- This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact through compassionate patient-centered care and ongoing research in pediatric developmental health.
- This role will also involve providing comprehensive outpatient and inpatient consultations for pediatric patients under the age of 12, with concerns for mental health problems, including anxiety and depression.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills.
- Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
- Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- Accepts patient referrals from other physicians.
- Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
- Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
- Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
- Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.
- Key responsibilities include conducting mental health screenings, assessments, and delivering tailored treatment plans.
Qualifications:
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
Required Credential(s):
Physician MD/DO with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Medicine obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Verified by local Credentialing Office.
Preferred Credential(s):
Advanced Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Education:
Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.
Additional Preferences:
- Completion of Pediatric residency program.
- Completion of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics fellowship program.
- BC in specialty.
- Organization: Henry Ford Health St. John Hospital
- Department: Pediatrics Prof
- Henry Ford Health Location: Henry Ford St. John Hospital
- Shift: Day Job
- Union Code: Not Applicable
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
