Neonatology Faculty- Baystate Health / UMass Chan

Baystate Health is a not-for-profit, integrated healthcare system in western Massachusetts which consists of an academic medical center, Children’s Hospital, three community hospitals and the region’s largest multispecialty group.  Our flagship hospital, Baystate Medical Center, is home to the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• Join our team of 7 neonatologists, 1 hospitalist, residents and 10 neonatal APPs in our level III NICU. This is the only level III NICU in western MA and is comprised of 33 acute care beds and 22 beds in the step-down unit.
• Baystate Children’s Hospital has 107 beds and offers a broad range of pediatric subspecialties including surgery, anesthesia, infectious disease, genetics, cardiology, endocrinology, palliative care, GI, neurology, and ophthalmology for ROP screening and treatment.
• Combination of clinical care and resident and medical student teaching with faculty appointment to UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate.
• Our hospital handles over 4,000 deliveries annually with 65+ admissions monthly. We offer all modes of mechanical ventilation, including bubble CPAP, NIMV, conventional ventilation, and high-frequency ventilation (HFOV and Jet) as well as iNO.  We offer total body hypothermia for infants with suspected encephalopathy. 
• Cultivate and facilitate innovative clinical and QI research. NeoQIC, a Massachusetts statewide quality improvement collaborative, provides regional support for clinical improvement multi-center initiatives. Active areas of research:  neonatal nutrition, prevention of respiratory morbidities, and improving neurological outcomes as well as many QI projects.   One of our faculty is the Director of the active global health program.
• Qualifications: ABMS BE or BC Neonatology.

THE ADVANTAGES OF WORKING WITH BAYSTATE:

• Compensation plan includes base salary and opportunity to earn incentive bonuses
• Robust relocation package
• Flexibility- opportunities to flex your FTE to fit your life
• Transparent and equitable promotional practices
• Immediate access to paid time off
• Lucrative 403b match and 457b plan
• Professional development and mentorship
• Wellbeing programs that include mental, physical, and financial health and more
• Baystate Health is a not-for-profit organization and eligible for the US Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.  *It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure personal eligibility.

At Baystate Health, we believe that treating one another with dignity and fairness is what elevates respect for our patients and staff.  We are committed to ensuring opportunity and inclusion for everyone through equitable policies, practices, and procedures and creating a workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve.

For more information please contact:

Ruben Vaidya, MD, Division Chief of Newborn Medicine

C/O Melissa Hale, Senior Physician Recruiter

413-794-2624 or melissa.hale@baystatehealth.org

Baystate Health (BH) is one of New England’s leading and largest integrated healthcare systems, serving more than 800,000 people throughout Western Massachusetts. With about 12,000 employees, a 1,200-member medical staff, and net patient service revenue of more than $2.3 billion, this dynamic and growing system includes an academic medical center, a children’s hospital and three community hospitals. It also includes a large multispecialty group, (Baystate Medical Practices), Baystate Home Health, Baystate Reference Laboratory, and Health New England, a 205,000-member health insurance company.

Baystate Children’s Hospital, housed within Baystate Medical Center, is the leading provider of general and specialty pediatric services in western Massachusetts, providing advanced medical care to babies, children, and adolescents in an environment that focuses exclusively on the needs of children and families. The 107-bed facility provides complete critical care programs, including the region’s only Pediatric Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care Units, as well as pediatric inpatient services, child life specialists, a designated emergency room just for kids, and outpatient specialty services. In December 2012, Baystate Health opened the Sadowsky Family Pediatric Emergency Department. Staffed with board certified pediatric emergency specialists, the department includes a separate triage and waiting area, 18 dedicated treatment rooms, dedicated children’s imaging, assessment, and resuscitation areas, as well as a staff of child life specialists. In 2014, the Baystate Children’s Specialty Center opened, bringing 15 pediatric specialty services under one roof, focused on care coordination, comfort and convenience for children and families. At the end of 2017, Baystate opened a Pediatric Procedures & Infusion Unit bringing cancer treatment and other procedures together in a new environment, just steps away from its pediatric inpatient facilities.

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.