About OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and the Cardiac Program

Explore our commitment to excellence in pediatric care at OHSU Doernbecher and Pediatric Heart Care. With a strong tradition of teamwork and diversity, we believe every child deserves the best care possible. At Doernbecher, we built a hospital around that belief. It’s why we have more specialists in children’s health than anywhere else in the state. Our congenital cardiac program proudly boasts excellent surgical mortality rates among all participating centers in the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4).

 

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Elevate Your Career as a Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital!

 

Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

 

Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is offering an opportunity for a full-time Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty with our dynamic team. As Oregon’s only academic health center, we strive to offer the best medical care to every child across Oregon, Southwest Washington and beyond.

• The Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty is a position focused on facilitating and supporting the provision of standardized, streamlined, high-quality cardiac intensive care. This position will actively participate in initiatives empowering physician and nursing care through education and sub specialization. The CVICU faculty will collaborate with a CVICU Medical Director, intensivists, cardiologists, and surgeons in caring for cardiac patients. 

Work Analysis (Approximate time allocation)

Clinical:

• CVICU service 12-14 weeks per year with night call commensurate with clinical FTE
• Clinical consultation 4-8 hours per week
• Consultation
  • Provide daytime consultation for complex post-operative patients
  • Provide night time and weekend (phone or in-person) consultation for critically ill patients as needed
  • Monitor care and trajectory of all neonates and complex older children, providing consultation as needed
• Standing Huddles and Meetings
• Meet regularly with PICU team members
• Participate in weekly PICU Case Conference
• Attend weekly Cardiac Case Conference
• Attend weekly Cardiac sign-in conference
• Attend monthly Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality conference
• Attend monthly PICU Morbidity and Mortality conference
• Attend quarterly and ad hoc ECMO Morbidity and Mortality conference

 

Primary objectives of emphasis include:

• Maintaining and improving Quality and Operations of Cardiac Intensive Care
• Ensuring consistency of care
• Enhancing patient satisfaction
• Drive efficiencies including reduction of length of stay, FTR, and cardiac arrest

The means to accomplish these objectives include but are not be limited to:

• Involvement in all aspects of peri-operative care, including surgical decisions that are impacted by postoperative considerations and vice versa
• Surveying best practices and updating care maps for specific lesions
• Acting as the patient’s advocate in post-operative care issues
• Consultation for critically ill and/or complex cardiac patients when needed

 

Professional Development

• This position will join an established and highly regarded practice with clinical, research and educational responsibilities, and will hold an academic appointment.
• The Department of Pediatrics has a strong network of senior faculty who actively mentor and support the promotion and tenure tracks of more junior members.
• Educate tomorrow’s health professionals, scientists, engineers and managers in top-tier programs that prepare them for a lifetime of learning, leadership and contribution.
• Explore new basic, clinical and applied research frontiers in health and biomedical sciences, environmental and biomedical engineering and information services, and translate these discoveries, wherever possible, into applications in the health and commercial sectors.
• Lead and advocate for programs that improve health for all Oregonians, and extend OHSU’s education, research and healthcare missions through community service, outreach and partnerships.

 

Individual Performance Improvement

Performance improvement is inherent to this position with the primary outcome being successful completion of the Doernbecher Quality goals. Process metrics are those that demonstrate activities leading to appropriate outcome metrics.

 

• Active clinical practice and maintenance of skills through continuing medical education
• Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills
• Ability to motivate, teach, and facilitate individuals and groups
• Readiness to collaborate in an inter-professional environment
• Positive professional relations with peers
• Ability to deal objectively and fairly with controversial issues with a professional, diplomatic, tactful communication style
• Proficiency to work both independently and in a team environment
• Ability to respectfully supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals and students in pediatrics
• Board certified in Pediatric Critical Care with an additional year of Cardiac Critical Care training or equivalent experience, or additional Pediatric Cardiology board certification

***Apply here online. Please be sure to upload a Cover Letter and Resume or CV. ***

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.