The Section of Neonatology, 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.

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.

Interest in the areas of nutrition and gut health, complex care, or additional skills in quality improvement (QI), point of care ultrasound or neurocritical care would be beneficial. Training in Neonatal Follow up or Developmental Pediatrics, and interest and experience in family integrated/family centered care is an asset.

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 (PLC), Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) and South Health Campus (SHC). The Neonatal Program includes a nationally recognized Neonatal Follow-up Clinic (NFC) at the ACH and an RCPSC-accredited Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Residency Program, and Area of Focused Competence (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 NICU Level 3 facility with additional clinical duties at the RGH NICU Level 2 facility and the FMC NICU level 3 facility. 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. There are 30 funded neonatal beds at the RGH. The successful candidate will assist with further developing this level 2 facility, working alongside the interdisciplinary team as well as a strong obstetric, MFM, pediatric, family medicine and midwifery team. Initiatives include the development of a simulation program, focus on neonatal feeding and nutrition especially in the extremely preterm infants. Educational opportunities include simulation, mentoring clinical assistants, pediatric residents, neonatal perinatal fellows, and clinical clerks in neonatal care.

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