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Tufts Medicine Pediatrics with Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a full-time Neonatologist to serve as the next Chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. The Chief will provide:

Academic and innovative leadership,Champion clinical excellence and expand clinical stature,Enhance the multiple educational and training programs,Strengthen the research enterprise, andContribute to the national prominence of scholarly work and service commitments within the Department of Pediatrics’ expanding team of clinicians, educators, and scientists

About Tufts Medicine Pediatrics with Boston Children’s: The Tufts Medicine Pediatrics with Boston Children’s collaboration strives to leverage the strengths of both institutions to improve the health and wellbeing of the patients, families, and communities we serve.  The goal is to extend our extraordinary academic care into community settings and provide seamless integration with community-based pediatric and family medicine clinicians.

About the Department of Pediatrics: 

Tufts Medical Center's Department of Pediatrics offers a wide range of services focused on the health and well-being of children from neonates through young adulthood.

The department is involved in cutting-edge research and medical education, training the next generation of pediatricians and contributing to advancements in pediatric healthcare.We are active in community outreach and education, aiming to improve child health in the greater Boston area and beyond.

About the Division of Newborn Medicine:

Tufts Medical Center's Newborn Medicine program specializes in the care of premature and critically ill neonates in a family-centered model of care.

We are the neonatal-perinatal care specialists for Tufts Medicine, providing care at Tufts Medical Center in a level III, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and in the special care nurseries at Lowell General Hospital and Melrose Wakefield Hospital. We supervise and provide services for our other community-based partners including Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Lawrence General Hospital, and Holy Family Hospital. In our network we oversee the neonatal-perinatal care of a system that covers approximately 9,000 deliveries per year, 1,200 intensive or critical care admissions per year, approximately 250 neonatal transports, and 200 high-risk neonates in our neonatal follow-up program.Our Maternal-Fetal-Medicine (MFM) program is outstanding with numerous interactions at Tufts and within the Fetal Care Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. We perform thousands of prenatal (inpatient/outpatient) consults each year.Our division currently includes 23 neonatologists, 3 neonatal hospitalists, and 14 physician assistants. We work seamlessly with Tufts’ Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine to ensure that the neonatal and pediatric care across our network is exceptional. Our division is committed to research and education, continually seeking to improve neonatal care practices and outcomes. Our neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship has 8 outstanding fellows.  While our program is sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and includes rotations in their NICU and Cardiac ICU, it is distinct/separate from their neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship program. We have a robust research enterprise with multiple federally funded research programs. Division investigators work collaboratively with research staff in the NICU, our Mother-Infant Research Institute (developed by Dr. Diana Bianchi), and the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).The Tufts CTSI provides significant research support to the entire Division. Collaborative opportunities exist with MIT, Northeastern University, and Jackson Laboratories.

Why join our team:   The Department of Pediatrics places a premium on compassion, innovation, collegiality, diversity, and ethical care. You will join a thriving environment that focuses on high-quality clinical care, medical education, and research. We foster a work environment that is flexible and in-tune with a modern workforce; understanding that outside of work you need to have work-life balance. 

How you’ll transform patient care:  

Recruit, oversee and mentor a growing multidisciplinary team within the Division.Work collaboratively with other Divisions and Departments to build new clinical care initiatives. Oversee clinical supervision of advanced care practitioners, fellows, and medical students. Enhance, build and participate in quality programs for the Division and the Department of Pediatrics. 

How you’ll impact the academic mission:  

Recruit and oversee a growing team with a commitment to clinical investigation and medical education. Develop and build a vision for interdisciplinary and translational research within the Division. Advance the learning environment for medical students at Tufts University School of Medicine in clinical excellence, professionalism, and scholarship. Encourage faculty to promote scholarly and academic activities to enhance their own academic development and that of the trainees. Encourage presentation of QI, research, case reports, state-of-the-art and other scholarship in local, regional and national venues. Encourage faculty and trainees to prepare and publish subspecialty-specific, peer-reviewed original manuscripts, case reports, subspecialty-specific book chapters, letters to the editor, etc. 

Who you are:   

You are a team player who is excited to work cooperatively with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to champion patient satisfaction.  You are a national leader who has worked in an academic setting, with leadership roles that display your ability to oversee a busy Division. You have prior experience in personnel oversight, with strong interpersonal skills to lead and inspire a system with a growth mindset You are supportive of the academic mission, while finding routes to weave our care into our integral community-based settings and partnerships. You are passionate about building collaborative and interdisciplinary work, demonstrating strong working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams including nurses, therapists, developmental specialists, and many others.

About Tufts Medicine: 

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network, and a large integrated physician network. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at Tufts Medicine.

Tufts Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Interested and qualified candidates are welcome to send a Cover Letter and CV to:

Michael Martin

Physician Executive Recruiter

Email: michael.martin1@tuftsmedicine.org

https://careers.tuftsmedicine.org/us/en

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network, and large integrated physician network. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at Tufts Medicine. Tufts Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation by emailing us at careers@tuftsmedicine.org.