UnityPoint Clinic and St. Luke’s Hospital is actively recruiting for a Pediatric Nursery Hospitalist to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids. St. Luke’s Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker’s Hospital Review ‘100 Great Hospitals in America’. St. Luke’s is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

Our St. Luke’s Center for Women's and Children's Health is exceptional in delivering the highest quality of care with a strong family-centered focus. You will find our facilities and staff deeply committed to serving you and your family. We are very proud of our maternity, NICU and pediatric services and we strive to make every experience as special and unique as each birth!

In addition, St. Luke's ranks among the best hospitals in the world in providing NICU care for babies who are 22-23 gestational weeks and up. We provide high frequency ventilation for the smallest babies and provide inhaled nitric oxide for babies with pulmonary hypertension in addition to many other services.

• Join an established Pediatric Hospitalist team of 4 physicians
• Additional onsite specialist support: Experienced Neonatologists team that will take the ill babies into their care.
• Schedule is average of 14 * 12 hour shifts per month; Average of 8-10 hours onsite and with home call;
• Weekends and Holidays on rotation
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

• Rotating with other Pediatric Hospitalist inpatient pediatric care and Newborn Nursery
• No attendance to deliveries 
• Average of 15-20 patients per day in the nursery
• Average of 6-8 pediatric inpatients per day
• Rounding Newborn Nursery: Admissions and Discharges and Circumcisions
• Pediatric Hospitalist: Admissions and Discharges, rounding
• Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent work/life balance with flexible scheduling

• MD or DO
• Board Eligible or Board Certified in Pediatrics
• Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

We offer

• Shift based compensation
• Attractive incentive package
• A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. 
• Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience. 
• A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Cedar Rapids

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. Learn more about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

Please contact Andrea Sims, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at 319-730-9513 or Andrea.Sims@unitypoint.org