Clinical Geneticist in Beautiful Bangor, Maine

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, located in Bangor, Maine, seeks a BC/BE Clinical Geneticist in the Department of Pediatrics to join our active and growing hospital-employed practice.

About the Position: As Central and Northern Maine’s only comprehensive genetics program, we are seeking a board-certified Clinical Geneticist to join our multidisciplinary care team. This role offers the opportunity to provide vital, comprehensive genetic evaluations across the lifespan for a wide range of conditions. Our practice supports a Level III NICU, PICU, Maternal-Fetal Health, and inpatient/outpatient general and subspecialty pediatric care, as well as some adult sub-specialty care.

Location: Pediatric Specialty Clinic (with occasional inpatient consults at the main hospital)

Key Responsibilities:

• Patient Evaluation: Provide comprehensive evaluations for patients of all ages regarding various outpatient indications including prenatal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, developmental, neurologic, and cardiac conditions.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely alongside two board-certified genetic counselors as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
• Counseling Support: Assist with essential pre- and post-test counseling for patients and families alongside two board certified genetic counselors.
• Testing & Interpretation: Interpret complex genetic and genomic testing results, including those specific to prenatal and biochemical evaluations.
• Inpatient Consults: Provide occasional on-site inpatient consultations at the main hospital facility located nearby

Physicians at Northern Light Health Enjoy:

• A robust compensation and benefits package including Paid Time Off and CME allowance
• Student Loan Reimbursement programs
• Relocation and sign-on bonuses
• Flexible schedules including the potential for a four day week and exceptional work/life balance
• Ongoing teaching opportunities with medical students from the University of New England, and research opportunities, if desired
• A close-knit community of pediatric and sub-specialty partners with a shared passion for rural health and collaborative, family-centered care.

Qualifications

• Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Pediatrics and Medical Genetics and Genomics
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong interest in teaching and outreach across a broad geographic area
• Enthusiasm for working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team with general and specialty pediatrics, maternal-fetal medicine, adult cardiology and cancer care

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center serves as the Regional Pediatric Specialty Center and has forged strong relationship with regional hospitals and providers as part of its tertiary pediatric care mission. Pediatric sub-specialty support includes gastroenterology, neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, endocrinology, hematology-oncology, developmental pediatrics, genetics, surgery, orthopedics, neonatology, critical care, and hospital medicine.

At Northern Light Health, we’re building a better approach to healthcare because we believe people deserve access to care that works for them. As an integrated health delivery system serving Maine, we’re raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Our more than 12,000 team members—in our hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, long-term and home healthcare, and ground and air medical transport and emergency care—are committed to making healthcare work for our patients, communities, and employees.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is committed to making healthcare work for the people of Maine. It is a 411- bed, regional tertiary care and ACS verified level II trauma center serving a patient population of 500,000 living in the northern two-thirds of the state’s geography. The hospital is a base for LifeFlight of Maine, a critical care air transportation service flying nearly 900 missions per year. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Northern Light Health offers a broad range of providers and services, including nine hospitals, primary care and specialty physician practices, long-term care, home health and hospice agencies, and emergency ground and air transport.

Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine’s spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.