Internal Medicine - Pediatrics Physician
Belleville, NJ, 07109, USA
- Healthcare
- Contract
- Pediatric Hospitalist
- well baby nursery
- ER consults
This position is for a Pediatric Hospitalist providing solo coverage in a community hospital setting, including well baby nursery care, ER consults, and deliveries. The role requires board certification in pediatrics and experience in inpatient pediatric hospitalist or nursery coverage, with shift schedules of 12 hours. The assignment is locum tenens based in Belleville, New Jersey, starting November 2025 through June 2026 with an option to extend.
Job Opportunity: Pediatric Hospitalist (Locums)
Location: Belleville, New Jersey
Start Date: November 2025 (credentialing required)
Coverage Need: Ongoing
Contract Length: Through June 2026 (with option to extend)
Schedule: 12-hour shifts
Setting: Community Hospital Well Baby Nursery & ER consults
Assignment Overview
- Well Baby Nursery coverage, ER consults, and deliveries
- Average census: 5 nursery patients, 3 ER consults, 5 deliveries per shift
- Total patient load: per shift
- Solo provider coverage (no APP supervision required)
- Trauma level: Non-trauma
- EMR: Epic
Candidate Requirements
- MD/DO Board Certified in Pediatrics
- Experience in inpatient pediatric hospitalist or nursery coverage
- Comfortable managing deliveries and newborn care independently




