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Location: Palm Springs, California
Duration: February – June 2025 (potential for extension)
Reason for coverage: Recruiting permanent physician
Schedule: 1-2 weeks per month
Shift: Monday 7a – Monday 7a
>Monday – Friday, 8a – 5p (required to be on-site to admit to NICU)
>Saturday – Sunday (round on patients and sign out to PEDS HOSP around noon)
Call: Yes, 24 hour
Patient volume: 8 bed NICU, 80-100 deliveries per month
Scope:
>Day-to-Day: See all patients in the NICU, conduct neonatal and prenatal consults, and attend all high-risk deliveries
>Evening/Night: Take calls from home. PEDS HOSP handle straightforward NICU admissions; neonatologists come in for complicated cases.
>After-Hours Call Reasons: Pre-term delivery (<34 weeks), Multiple delivery (<35 weeks), Significant anomalies, Babies needing intubation or oxygen >30%, Stabilization for transport to higher-level care
EMR: Epic
Hospital: 8-bed NICU Level II, 463 general beds
Group/support: 7 Pediatric Hospitalists, 2 Full-Time Equivalent Neonatologists
>PEDS HOSP are in-house 24/7, attending deliveries, admitting and caring for well-baby services, and caring for NICU babies overnight. Transition Nurse and Respiratory Therapist assist as needed.
Requirements (boards, license): Board certified (board eligible if recently trained) with a California license, CA DEA, and COVID vaccine

Skills

Completed Neonatology Fellowship


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Employer: Pacific Companies, Inc.
Post Date: May 23, 2026
Profession: Physician
Job Type: MD/DO
Specialty: Neonatology,Pediatrics
Start Date: February 2025
Location: California - Palm Springs
Job Reference: LT4434
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