Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician - Louisville, KY

NORTON CHILDREN’S EMERGENCY MEDICINE, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, is seeking multiple board-certified/board-eligible pediatric emergency medicine physicians to join its team. The selected candidates will function as part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of professionals who are leaders in their field locally and nationally. This practice provides care at three pediatric emergency department locations in the Louisville metropolitan area, including Norton Children’s Hospital, a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center: Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital; and Norton Children’s Medical Center. These facilities provide care for approximately 100,000 patient emergency visits from across the region, including patients arriving via the “Just for Kids” Transport Team, a critical care transportation service with ground and helicopter capability.

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About the positions

• For interested candidates, an academic appointment is available through the UofL School of Medicine, combining clinical, education and research focus. Salary and academic rank will be commensurate with experience. Opportunity to work with and teach medical students, residents from pediatrics, emergency medicine and family medicine, and fellows in our robust fellowship program.
• Norton Children’s Emergency Medicine has access to 24/7 in-house ultrasound, including point-of-care ultrasound, supported by three fellowship-trained advanced imaging specialists.
• Work alongside pediatric acute care nurse practitioners and pediatric physician assistants.
• For candidates coming out of fellowship, we offer up to a $100,000 recruitment incentive, and our status as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) health care system may allow candidates to qualify for federal student loan forgiveness.
• For experienced candidates relocating into the market, we offer a retention bonus of up to $60,000.

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