Child Abuse Pediatrician - (Remote or Part Time Available) - Louisville, KY

Norton Children’s Pediatric Protection Specialists, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children’s Medical Group, is seeking multiple child abuse pediatricians to join our practice. Our rapidly expanding team of professionals includes child abuse pediatricians, social workers, advanced practice providers, nurses and administrative support staff. We evaluate children from across Kentucky and Southern Indiana who are suspected victims of child maltreatment. Through our fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), our team has trained fellows who have gone on to provide care from Maine to South Dakota. Norton Children’s Pediatric Protection Specialists sees children at Norton Children’s Hospital, a freestanding tertiary and quarternary care facility, and we perform case reviews for children who are not seen in person.

Our child abuse pediatricians work in tandem with a nurse or nurse practitioner on all cases, with responsibility for evaluation, case management, on call, report writing and court testimony when needed. We embrace diversity and social justice in all we do. Our culture is warm, inclusive, friendly, determined and practical. Our team works closely together to best serve the needs of our patients, who are always our top priority.

"Our team focuses on keeping children safe and physically and mentally healthy. Our guiding principle is to always do what is best for our patient."  -Melissa L. Currie, M.D., FAAP

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About the Position

• Our team is unique in our use of clinical forensic nurses as physician-extenders; nurses and nurse practitioners take first call and collaborate with the on-call physician for every patient
• Appointment to a faculty position at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, which offers robust support for clinical research, academic pursuits and teaching
• Abundant opportunities for community engagement and policy/ prevention work and engagement with students, residents, community providers and partners
• Opportunities to sit on or lead multiple state and local boards and teams
• Ideal candidate is friendly, enthusiastic, a great team player, an excellent communicator and dedicated to doing the right thing for our patients
• Candidate must be board certified in general pediatrics, and board certified/board eligible in child abuse pediatrics

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About Norton Healthcare - Norton Children's

Norton Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit hospital and health care system serving adult and pediatric patients across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The system has six hospitals in Louisville — including Norton Children’s Hospital, which is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the region’s only full-service, freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospital — and three hospitals in Southern
Indiana.

With nearly 24,000 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and more than 3,000 total providers on its medical staff, Norton Healthcare is Louisville’s second largest employer. It provides care at more than 480 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The six Louisville hospitals have a combined total of 1,907 licensed beds, and the Southern Indiana hospitals have 347 licensed beds. Services include inpatient and
outpatient general care as well as specialty care in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health and pediatrics. The system also includes 10 outpatient centers, 20 Norton Immediate Care Center locations and an expanded telehealth program. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a wide range of areas.

Norton Healthcare is proud to be recognized nationally for excellence as a top employer and health care leader. Recent honors include:
• Forbes: America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, America’s Best Employers by State, America’s Best Large Employers, America’s Best Employers for New Grads
• Fortune: America’s Most Innovative Companies
• Newsweek: America’s Greatest Workplaces, America’s Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, America’s Greatest Workplaces by State, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing