Description
Join a compassionate and innovative team dedicated to improving the lives of children living with serious illness and complex pain conditions.
We are seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Pediatric Palliative Care Physician to provide expert care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role is ideal for a physician with a strong interest in acute and chronic pain management, who is passionate about delivering holistic, family-centered care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive pain management and palliative care consultations for pediatric patients across a range of diagnoses, in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including PICU, Hospital Medicine, NICU, PM&R, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Urology, and the Fetal Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
- Participate in the development and implementation of individualized pain treatment plans.
- Support patients and families in goals of care conversations, complex decision-making and symptom management.
- Engage in teaching opportunities with residents, fellows, and medical students.
- Contribute to quality improvement initiatives in pediatric pain management and palliative care.
About the area:
Enjoy a high quality of life in coastal Virginia! The successful candidate will have easy access to the beaches of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, the Eastern Shore, North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our area has wonderful public and private school options as well as several of the country’s greatest in-state colleges including UVA, Virginia Tech, William & Mary, James Madison, and Old Dominion University. Coastal Virginia boasts reasonable cost of living throughout the region and is home to the world’s largest naval base.
Children’s Specialty Group, PLLC (CSG)
CSG is a physician-owned partnership comprised of over 230 Board-certified or Board-eligible physicians and 130 advanced practice providers to care for children and adolescents from southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, and beyond. We are the sole provider of medical specialty care at CHKD, which is the only independent freestanding Children’s Hospital in Virginia. CSG provides over 600,000 annual patient contacts with a mission to provide direct high-quality healthcare to children and adolescents, train future physicians, and conduct research to improve Children’s Health. Visit Careers - Children's Specialty Group - Norfolk, VA
Qualifications:
- MD or DO with board certification/eligibility in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Experience or strong interest in pediatric pain management.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
