Pediatrics Hospital Based job located in Guam

• National Health Service Corps site
• U. S> Commonwealth
• The diving is among the best in the world." Weather is perfect, 75-85

PEDIATRIC Position on Beautiful U.S. Pacific Island
Seeking adventurous pediatricians ready for a unique global health opportunity on Saipan, a part
of a U.S. Commonwealth in the Pacific near Guam.
Job Highlights:
• Work in an underserved location with many of the comforts of home
• Make a mainland-level pediatric salary in US dollars
• National Health Service Corps site
• We do it all! NICU, peds hospitalist, newborn nursery, PICU, and outpatient peds
• Longer clinic visits than on the mainland. 40-hour work week
Life on Saipan:
• Scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking, biking, wind-surfing and other outdoor activities
abound. It is 80 degrees year-round!
• Safe and family-friendly, with affordable childcare options and both public and private
schools.
• Tourism hotspot for Korea, China, and Japan. We have resorts, restaurants, and a
waterpark.
• Abundant travel opportunities with regular flights to Seoul and Tokyo with easy
connections to the rest of Asia.

Responsibilities:
• Care for patients in the general newborn nursery, inpatient Pediatrics ward, and
Ambulatory outpatient clinic in rotation with other pediatricians
• Provide consultation to the Emergency Department when on-call for pediatric patients.
• Attend to patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit,
including intubations, ventilator management, central line placement and monitoring
(both arterial and venous), and special procedures required of the patient.
• Provide ICU level care in accordance with NRP and PALS standards. We are happy to
support applicants with their first few procedures if they are just out of training or need a
refresher!
• Provide consultative service to the nearby islands of Tinian and Rota, including via
phone.
• Attend high-risk deliveries at the request of Labor and Delivery (L&D) personnel and
provide resuscitation of the newborn in accordance with NRP.
• Provide medical escort to critically ill pediatric patients referred to off-island facilities if
interested
• Participate in hospital committees, Quality Assurance activities, and administrative
departmental duties
Job Details:
Inpatient Service:
• Inpatient census typically ranges from 5-15 patients with an average of 9 patients (~3
well babies,~3 NICU babies and ~3 general pediatrics inpatients) to be rounded on daily.
• Typically, 1 ICU admission every 1-2 months, most often severe bronchiolitis, non-fatal
submersions, DKA, or post-seizure patients.
• An average 2-5 critically ill newborns per year require medical transport, often due to
congenital heart and other defects requiring surgical correction, with MD, RN, and RT, to
San Diego, for higher level care on commercial United flights (Rady Children’s Hospital
in San Diego is our referral hospital. Specialists there allow us to call, email, and refer
our patients to them to determine/provide higher level care needs.)…Pediatricians rotate
in providing this service according to physician comfort and to minimize schedule
disruptions.

Clinic:
• Makes up the other 10 shifts (minus holidays).
• Hours: 7-5:30 with 3 hours of protected admin and lunch-time per day.
• Clinic patients have 30 -60 minute slots.
Schedule:
• One pediatrician is on call at a time covering NICU, General Pediatrics, Nursery, and

PICU.
• 8 inpatient shifts and 10 clinic shifts per 4 weeks, though inpatient/ outpatient coverage is
negotiable.
• Inpatient is typically a one-week block consisting of three day shifts (8 AM to 4 PM), one
24 hours shift (8 am to 8 am), and three night call shifts (4 PM to 8 AM).
• Night call shift is a home call with providers responsible for cross-cover and admissions.
Schedule and staff flexibility allows you to stack shifts so you can have 5-7 days off per month
in a row without taking leave to travel!

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