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Loma Linda University (LLU) Faculty Medical Group, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, is seeking a pediatric cardiac intensivist to join their team.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated physician who is BC/BE in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and with either Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care training or BC/BE in Pediatric Cardiology, or have at least 5 years of experience in a large pediatric cardiac critical care unit. The faculty will be hired as an Assistant or Associate Professor at the Loma Linda University School of Medicine as appropriate for their academic and clinical experience.

LLU Children’s Hospital serves a geographical area of 1.2 million children in Southern California. The Pediatric Critical Care service includes a 25 bed medical/surgical PICU, a 14-bed pediatric cardiac/solid organ transplant intensive care unit and a separate 19- bed step-down unit. The PICU has approximately 1800 admissions per year and the CTICU admits over 400 patients annually. Our services include an active pediatric critical care transport team performing about 800 transports annually of which 80% come to the intensive care units.

The critical care division includes a multi-disciplinary team including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, child life specialists, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, chaplains, and other clinicians who collaborate to best meet the medical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the hospitalized child. All medical and surgical subspecialties are available to the team.

Responsibilities:
Primary responsibility will be providing direct patient care to pediatric cardiac patients in the CTICU while leading the medical team under the direction of the CTICU Medical Director, and the Division Chief of Pediatric Critical Care. This will be in collaboration with the cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiologists and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Faculty will serve as educators of fellows in Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric residents. Academic pursuits in quality improvement, research, and/or education are expected of faculty, consistent with their strengths and interests. This additional faculty position is aimed at separating coverage of the CTICU from the PICU, which is nearly complete. Further details about benefits and LLU can be found on the next page.

Contact Information

Contact:

Kaitlin Rice, Physician Recruitment Coordinator
Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group

Email:

karice@llu.edu

Phone:

(909) 558-5436

Practice Information

Practice Name:

Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group

Year Established:

1905

Number of physicians in group:

1,000+

History of group / practice:

For over 100 years, Loma Linda University Health has been dedicated to excellence in health care, research, and education. Today we are building a new hospital and expanding our children’s hospital to continue meeting the health needs of our community. The new towers will be state-of-the-art, allowing for the newest advances in technology and patient care. We are also greatly expanding and enhancing our already robust research enterprise through a new collaborative research center and program endowments.

Philosophy of the group:

Loma Linda University Health continues to lead in integrating a faith-based approach to whole person health care. As a Seventh-day Adventist organization, our mission is to follow the healing and teaching ministry of Jesus Christ 'to make man whole.' Together, we strive for Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Wholeness.

Practice Description :

Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group is affiliated with Loma Linda University Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and School of Medicine, with the mission to deliver whole-person care at a world-class level of clinical excellence. The Medical Center serves as the largest tertiary referral source in both Riverside and San Bernardino counties with a surrounding population over 4 million.

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital pioneered pediatric heart transplantation in1984 under the innovative leadership of Dr. Leonard Bailey. We have remained a worldwide leader in pediatric cardiac care for more than 40 years. Our Pediatric Heart Center services include congenital heart surgery, heart failure and transplantation, interventional cardiology, non-invasive cardiology and mechanical circulatory support performing 200-250 pump cases a year. The service cares for patients on ECMO and a variety of VAD modalities, as well as HFOV and CVVHD. As a full-service CTICU, we have membership in United Network for organ Sharing, Pediatric Heart Transplant Society, and Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure Program. The CTICU is a member of the clinical database in congenital and pediatric cardiac care, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4), as well as the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) database.