Full-Time Pediatric Ophthalmologist - Neptune, NJ

Academic Pediatric Ophthalmologist

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K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

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Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a BC/BE Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Jersey Shore University Medical Center/K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital located in Neptune, New Jersey. A desirable central New Jersey location commutable to New York and Philadelphia.

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The successful candidate will join a growing children’s hospital with a variety of subspecialists. You will have the opportunity to mentor pediatric residents, as well as medical students from Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. You will engage in scholarly work based on interests inclusive of, but not limited to clinical research, education, quality improvement and community outreach. This is a great opportunity to build a pediatric ophthalmology service in an already well established children’s hospital. 

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Position Details:

1. 44 Bed Inpatient Unit
2. 10 Bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
3. 34 Bed Level III – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
4. Pediatric Sedation Service
5. Pediatric Emergency Department
6. Certified Child Life Specialists
7. Jane H. Booker Family Health Center – resident continuity clinic and urgent care
8. Pediatric Subspecialty Services – neurology, behavior/development, hematology/oncology, pulmonology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, nephrology, rheumatology and genetics.
9. Academic Appointment to the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

About Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety. Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.