Description:

The Section of Newborn Critical Care, Department Pediatrics, invites applications for a full-time Neonatologist. The successful candidate will have 70% time for clinical activities and 30% allocated to administration, research and education. The non-clinical Care Pillar Distribution (total 30%) may be tailored to the profile of the selected candidate. Interest in the areas of Nutrition/GI health, Complex care, Database/Health Economics research, or with additional skills in TNE or Neonatal Neurocritical Care would be beneficial.

Candidates must have completed residency training in Pediatrics and received certification in Pediatrics by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) or equivalent and must also have completed Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine accredited by the RCPSC or equivalent. In addition, the successful candidate must be eligible for licensure by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.

Neonatal Care is provided at 5 Hospitals within the Calgary Zone: Level III Neonatal Critical Care with surgical, neurocritical and cardiac care at a stand-alone NICU at Alberta Childrens Hospital (ACH), Level III Perinatal Critical Care at the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC), and Level II Neonatal Critical Care at the Peter Lougheed Hospital, Rockyview General Hospital and South Health Campus. The Neonatal Program includes a nationally recognized Neonatal Follow-up Clinic (NFC) at the ACH and a RCPSC-accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Residency Program, and AFC programs in NNCC and TNE. A busy transport service (Southern Alberta Neonatal Transport Service) and a Maternal Fetal Medicine Consultation service provide comprehensive care.

The Section of Neonatology provides neonatal care to Southern Alberta, which has an annual birth rate of approximately 24,000. There are a total of 126 Level II and III beds amongst five (5) Calgary Zone Acute Care Hospitals, admitting an average of 2800 neonates annually. Additionally, ACH provides patient care to Southern Alberta, SE British Columbia, and SW Saskatchewan, with a catchment area of approximately 2.5 million people.

The Department of Pediatrics has more than 300 clinical and academic faculty members who are part of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Many members are also part of the Alberta Childrens Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health (ACHRI) or other Faculty research institutes. Refer to the Department of Pediatrics website at www.ucalgary.ca/paed for more information about the Department, its faculty, services, and accomplishments.

The successful candidate will be based at the ACH level 3 facility with additional clinical duties at the FMC level 3 facility, and at one of three level 2 NICUs or the Neonatal Follow Up Clinic. There are 14 funded beds at the ACH NICU, which serves neonates with surgical, neurocritical, cardiac and complex care needs. The successful candidate will assist with the neonatal transport service at ACH.

The ACH NICU is a level 4 facility with 14 single family room neonatal beds, and provides surgical, neurocritical, cardiac and complex care services to all of Southern Alberta. The ACH NICU has access to an ECLS program based in the ACH PICU. A 24/7 Neonatal neurocritical service and full neonatal surgical services are present in the NICU. Educational training opportunities include mentoring Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Residents and Fellows, Pediatric Residents, and clinical clerks, as well as simulation and training in neonatal resuscitation program (NRP) and code blue scenarios. There are two Neonatal Nurse Practitioners to provide support for clinical service and QI collaboration. The successful candidate will assist with further developing this level 4 facility, working alongside the interdisciplinary team as well as a strong and collaborative consultant team. Initiatives include development of a second team in the ACH NICU, providing clinical support for the neonatal transport service, and quality improvement/assurance.

The successful candidate will also provide service as needed in the NICU at the Foothills Medical Center, which is the only Level 3 perinatal center in Southern Alberta, with a birth rate of XX. The FMC NICU is a 38 bed unit with expertise in ELBW care, TNE and on-unit PDA ligation services. The unit is supported by an onsite transport teams (SANTS), Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Residents and Fellows, Pediatric Residents, and Pediatricians.

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