Nemours Children's Health is seeking a 2nd Pediatric General Neurologist to work at our partner hospital, Lakeland Regional Health, in Lakeland, FL. Newly hired Neurologists will receive a $50K sign-on bonus! Come join the largest pediatric neurology group in Florida!

With a Pediatric Residency program, a Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship program and an academic affiliation with the University of Central Florida, physicians will have remote teaching opportunities with Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando. At Lakeland Regional Health, there are additional teaching opportunities with general psychiatry residents. We have an excellent clinical trials team, and research opportunities abound as data and trials can span all 4 Nemours sites within the integrated multistate Nemours organization.

In addition to dedicated support from 2 APPs, 2 MAs, an RN and floating support, Lakeland Regional Health has 24-hour EEG technician coverage for pediatric and neonatal continuous video EEG. Our outpatient clinic is located a few floors below the pediatric floors of the hospital, allowing for efficiently run inpatient service and outpatient clinic.

Other Nemours services onsite at Lakeland Regional include outpatient Pulmonology, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Urology, Rheumatology, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Nemours Inpatient services include Cardiology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, MFM Consults, PICU and General Surgery Medical Directorship services, and Neurology.

Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school
• Board certified or board eligible in area of specialty
• Valid state medical license

What We Offer

• No state income tax in the state of Florida
• Annual incentive compensation that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments and quality improvement
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision
• Mortgage assistance, relocation packages and 403B with employer match, 457 retirement savings plans
• Licensure, CME and dues allowance
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

How to Apply/For Confidential Consideration

For confidential consideration, please apply.

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Lakeland Regional Health

City of Lakeland

With 849 beds, Lakeland Regional is the 5th largest Hospital in Florida seeing over 200, 000 ER visits and 43, 000 admissions per year, over 2, 100 trauma visits annually, and more than 3, 000 deliveries. Services are delivered in the new Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children which opened summer of 2018. This $275 million project has 300, 000 square feet of stare-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient space including a 47-bed pediatric medical/surgical unit, a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the area's largest Level II NICU, and an expanded 22 bed Pediatric Emergency Department.

Lakeland, FL, is a rapidly growing area located in Central Florida, conveniently within one hour of Orlando, Tampa, and Walt Disney World. It is home to the corporate headquarters for Publix Supermarkets and has a large Amazon warehouse presence. Florida also has no state income tax.

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children. The mission of Nemours is to improve the health and health care of children by seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in children's health.

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About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida - along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .