Locums Pediatric Critical Care Fort Wayne, IN (Active IN License Required) Why This Role
- Ongoing Pediatric Intensivist coverage
- Clinical hours with beeper call
- Temporary privileges available
- Established nursing and APP support
- Broad pediatric critical-care scope
Assignment Details- Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Start Date: October 15, 2026
- End Date: Ongoing
- Coverage: Scheduled clinical hours with beeper call
- Detailed Shift Times: Not provided
- Call Response Time: 20 minutes
- Call Ratio: Approximately 1:1
- Callback Rate: Approximately 25%
- Setting: Inpatient pediatric critical care
- EMR: Cerner
- Credentialing: Approximately 45 Äì60 days
- Temporary Privileges: Available
- Admissions: Required
Requirements- Board-certified or board-eligible Pediatric Critical Care physician
- Pediatric Critical Care fellowship training
- Active Indiana medical license
- Active BLS and PALS certifications
- Ability to supervise APPs
- Willingness to participate in resident or clinical teaching
- Experience managing critically ill pediatric and neonatal patients
Required Clinical Skills- Invasive and noninvasive ventilation
- Acute and chronic ventilator management
- Nitric-oxide therapy and ECMO
- Newborn and pediatric intubation
- Conscious and deep sedation
- Bronchoscopy with BAL
- Central, arterial, UVC, UAC, and PA catheter placement
- Chest-tube insertion and needle decompression
- Lumbar puncture, paracentesis, and thoracentesis
- ICP evaluation, management, and monitor placement
- Hemodialysis catheter placement
- Temporary pacemaker management
- Exchange transfusion
- X-ray and EKG interpretation
Clinical Details- Approximately 8 Äì12 patients per shift
- Approximately five phone consultations
- Approximately eight patients seen during call
- Approximately two admissions
- 8-bed department
- Level II trauma environment
- Nursing ratios range from 1:1 to 3:1
- Support includes two APPs
