Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

We are seeking a fellowship trained Child Abuse specialist, or a clinician with experience in providing child abuse evaluations to join one of New Jersey’s four Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Centers for the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse as Assistant Medical Director. The METRO Regional Center has a multidisciplinary staff consisting of a Medical Director, an Assistant Medical Director (position open), two part time pediatricians who provide medical assessments in the Center’s foster care program, a Clinical Director, a forensic Program Coordinator, 8 full time and 6 part time mental health clinicians, mental health externs, a foster care program nurse coordinator and a clinical nurse, a child life therapist, and clerical support. 

The Assistant Medical Director would be responsible for providing medical evaluations for youth with suspected and confirmed child abuse and neglect, provide in-patient consultation for possible abuse cases on the pediatric in-patient services, participate in the area’s Multidisciplinary Team reviews and the Regional Child Fatality Team.  The opportunity exists to serve on a number of different state committees relating to child abuse and neglect. 

The Assistant Medical Director will be eligible for a faculty position with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- New Jersey Medical School. The Assistant Medical Director would be expected to mentor residents and medical students about child abuse during their Community Pediatrics rotations, facilitate education and training with hospital staff and within the state. The Assistant Medical Director also would provide some services to the General Pediatrics Division at the Newark Beth Israel Children’s Hospital.

Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is one of New Jersey’s top children’s hospitals providing services for all ages of children and adolescents. The Children’s Hospital is a designated regional perinatal center with a NICU and New Jersey’s only ECMO unit, has a regional pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric ER, is a state center for Neonatal Sudden Infant Death Syndrome(SIDS)/Apnea program. NBIMC children’s hospital houses New Jersey’s first pediatric oncology program, the Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, has one of New Jersey’s centers of excellence for treating HIV/AIDS in children, and has one of New Jersey’s four regional Diagnostic and Treatment Centers for the diagnosis and treatment of child abuse and neglect. The Children’s Hospital at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has a pediatric residency program with, presently, 37 pediatric residents. There is a robust outpatient pediatric program in the NBIMC Family Health Center.

Competitive salary and generous benefits packages and CME.

Complete Full application on line at www.sbhcs.com, proceed to career opportunities which will lead you to search jobs, click on search jobs which should take you to drop down boxes, choose, physician under category and NBIMC under facility and put in keyword 19268, which is the position number that you should be immediately be directed towards, then proceed with application (do not Register) and remember to press submit.

Please also contact: Dr. Joshua Rosenblatt,  MD  FAAP, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics,  Phone: 973 926 7273; fax: 973  926 6128