Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital is seeking a Pediatric Internal Medicine (Complex Care) Physician!

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Internal Medicine/Pediatrics physician to provide comprehensive, coordinated care to children and young adults with medical complexity in our Complex Care and Transition Clinic.  Health services offered include a primary care medical home, longitudinal outpatient care management, multi-disciplinary care, collaboration with the palliative care team and facilitation of the transition from pediatric- to adult-oriented health systems.  The patient population includes children and young adults with chronic and complex conditions, involvement of multiple organ systems, and medical technology. This is an established clinic with existing patient panel and Nurse Practitioner, RN Coordinator, Social Worker and Patient Care Coordinator. Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is an award-winning tertiary-care children’s hospital with national rankings in US News and World Report. 

Training in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics is preferred.  Pediatricians who are comfortable seeing patients up to 25 years old will be considered.  Experience working with children with medical complexity is desired. Applicants interested in education, curriculum development, research, quality improvement, and other forms of scholarly activity will be strongly considered. 

Not a J-1 Visa position

This opportunity features:

• Involvement with the Orlando Health Pediatric Residency at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children with the opportunity for teaching and mentoring of pediatric residents and medical students.
• Quality improvement as well as clinical research opportunities
• The support of pediatric subspecialists in every major discipline
• Faculty appointment with our affiliate medical school, the Florida State University College of Medicine
• Opportunity for collaboration with Med-Peds Hospitalists on patient care and development of a transitional care program.
• Fully integrated electronic medical record system (Epic)

Providing comprehensive medical, surgical and emergency care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is a nationally recognized and trusted name in children’s healthcare. Located on the downtown Orlando campus, the 156-bed hospital’s expert and compassionate team of caregivers provides award-winning care in more than 30 pediatric specialties in an environment built just for kids and delivered by a comprehensive staff that includes pediatric subspecialty physicians and a nursing team that is “Magnet” recognized for excellence in patient care.

Specialty areas include heart care, cancer and blood disorders, neuroscience, orthopedics, endocrinology and diabetes, nephrology, digestive health and nutrition. Its numerous centers include subspecialty clinics and programs that focus on specific diseases and disorders affecting children, including a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, the highest rating by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. As part of the Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center Level I Trauma Center, the Bert Martin’s Champions for Children Emergency Department and Trauma Center is the first and only facility in Central Florida to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children.

The hospital’s numerous quality and safety recognitions most recently include:

• Best Children’s Hospital – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024
  • Tied for the No. 3 spot in Florida and No. 12 in the Southeast region
  • Nationally ranked in four specialties: neonatology pediatric diabetes and endocrinology, pediatric orthopedics, pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery
• Magnet Recognized – American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Beacon Awards for Excellence – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
  • Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit – Gold
  • Pediatric Orthopedic/Neurology Unit – Gold
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – Gold
  • Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care – Gold
  • Acute Pediatrics – Gold
• Verified Children’s Surgery Center – American College of Surgeons
• The Committee on Trauma, Verified Trauma Center – American College of Surgeons
• Echocardiography accreditation – Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
• Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Achievement - Resuscitation – American Heart Association, 2023