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The Division of Critical Care Medicine seeks a PICU Neurocritical Director. This individual will partner with a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration across subspecialties to provide state-of-the-art care for critically ill children with neurologic disease and brain injury, in addition to working as an attending physician in the PICU caring for other critically ill patients.

REPRESENTATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

PICU Neurocritical Director:

• Program Leadership: Lead the strategic planning, implementation, and management of a comprehensive neurocritical care program within the PICU.

• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with neurology, neurosurgery, emergency medicine, neuroradiology, patient services and rehabilitation teams to develop evidence-based clinical pathways and protocols that optimize outcomes for neurocritical care patients.

• Education & Training: Train PICU faculty, fellows, residents, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the care of children with severe neurologic conditions. Lead educational initiatives, including neurocritical care case reviews and skills development workshops.

• Research: Promote and conduct clinical and translational research in pediatric neurocritical care. Collaborate with institutional research teams to advance knowledge and improve outcomes for children with neurologic injuries and diseases.

• Quality Improvement: Design and lead quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing care processes, outcomes, and safety for neurocritical care patients. Develop metrics to assess and monitor program performance and patient outcomes.

• Family-Centered Care: Collaborate with the hospital's Child Life and Family Services to ensure the provision of family-centered care, emphasizing compassionate communication and comprehensive support for families during critical illness.

PICU Attending Physician:

• Patient Care: Provide safe, effective and compassionate patient care commensurate with the level of advancement and clinical specialty and make significant contributions to clinical service as evidenced by expertise in clinical care. Develop and maintain local and regional recognition by peers and patients as an authority in the field. Develop clinical skills or programs that are local or regionally distinctive. Applies clinical skills that are clinically sound, effective and achieve exceptional patient outcomes.

Teaching and Training: Teaches and supervises the patient care of residents, advanced practice nurses, fellows and PICU staff. Serve as a role model within the PICU and Division in mentoring trainees.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• M.D., D.O., or equivalent degree

• Current active medical license issued by the State of Ohio or eligible for license

• Appropriate medical credentialing through the Medical Staff Services offices

• Completion of all required pre-employment activities

• Associate Professor appointment or eligibility required

• Generally requires a minimum of five years of service at the Assistant Professor rank

• Board certification

Preferred:

• Fellowship training in Pediatric Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Neurology, or significant clinical experience managing neurocritical care patients.

• Experience developing clinical pathways and evidence-based protocols.

• Demonstrated ability to build and lead collaborative teams across disciplines

Unique Skills:

• Program Development
  Knowledge of program growth and development

• Family-centered care
  Understands and supports family-centered care

• Clinical Knowledge - Specialty
  Professional knowledge and clinical ability sufficient to provide evaluation and treatment of complex patients in one or more specialty areas

• Path/Pharm
  Knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology

• Clinical Education
  Knowledge and skill in patient and/or family education

• Organization
  Strong organizational and project management skills to handle projects independently.

• Communication
  Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

As CCHMC continues to grow its regional, national, and international presence, clinicians may be asked to work at locations outside of the Burnet Campus.

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• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years

• Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Funding

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