Advance Your Pediatric Emergency Medicine Career With Phoenix Children's As Their Division Chief | Competitive Comp

Phoenix Children’s has initiated a national search for a dynamic leader to serve as the next Division Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. This role will lead a large and growing Division consisting of over 60 physicians and over 30 APPs, as well as 4 PEM fellows per year.

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The Division provides Pediatric Emergency Medicine at two locations currently, our main quaternary hospital on the Thomas Campus and a freestanding ED on our Avondale Campus. Two more community hospital emergency departments are coming online in 2024. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Division also oversees urgent care at four locations throughout the community.

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This is an extraordinary opportunity for a physician leader to join one of the largest pediatric health systems in the nation, in the fifth largest city, with a growing and exceptionally diverse patient population.

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Job Details

1. The Division Chief must be board-certified in pediatric emergency medicine
2. Have a current Arizona License to practice medicine or the ability to obtain a license prior to starting.
3. In addition, previous leadership of a division or program with successful development of clinical education and/or research programs is preferred.
4. The Division Chief will lead a division of over 100 providers.
5. Across both emergency departments, Phoenix Children’s sees approximately 110,000 ED and Trauma visits annually, with an additional 63,000 Urgent Care visits. The addition of the two new campuses is projected to add another 80-90,000 visits a year.

The next Division Chief will be an accomplished pediatric emergency medicine physician with excellent administrative, diagnostic, teaching, and research skills who will assume a leadership position within this rapidly growing institution. The chosen candidate will participate in strategic planning to ensure the care offered in the division keeps pace with treatment advancements, technological innovation and our growing community. Active involvement in resident, fellow and medical student teaching through affiliated programs with University of Arizona is expected.

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About Us

Phoenix Children’s Medical Group (PCMG) has grown to include more than 800 employed physicians, as well as advanced practice providers. PCMG offers care in more than 75 pediatric specialties across 34 clinical divisions at more than 40 sites of service in the state of Arizona.

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As Phoenix Children’s prepares to open two additional hospitals this year, PCMG is taking steps to ensure world-class care at all points of inpatient and outpatient care throughout our health system. One

example has been bringing several divisions in-house to PCMG, including infectious diseases and anesthesia. Building an integrated and aligned medical group for all areas of operation at Phoenix

Children’s is part of our health system’s overall strategic plan amid our continued growth. Ensuring each patient family receives consistently high-quality, safe care – closer to home – is paramount to us.