Pediatric Neurologist

Pediatric Neurologist needed for Growing Practice at

Golisano Childrens Hospital of Southwest Florida!

Located near the beaches of Southwest Florida is Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida - a state-of-the-art pediatric facility that delivers vital and lifesaving care for children and their families throughout the region. This 134 bed regional hospital cares for children across five counties and is the only childrens hospital between Tampa and Miami.Golisano provides a variety of specialized services to take care of all of our communitys children from emergency care to behavioral health, surgery to critical care, orthopedics, cancer treatment, cardiology, and more.The hospital has plans to expand to be a pediatric trauma center, and has a 16 bed PICU and a 70 bed NICU with 24-hour in house Neonatology coverage.

Lee Health is a non-profit organization with more than 16,000 employees, 4,500 volunteers, and more than 1,100 employed primary care and specialty care providers with nearly 100 practice locations throughout Southwest Florida. The organization has four acute care hospitals and two specialty hospitals that together house over 1,800 hospital beds.

Position Information:

Lee Physician Group (LPG) Pediatric Neurology is seeking a BE/BC full-time Pediatric Neurologist for its busy and growing Fort Myers based practice. Current practice has four full-time physicians. Physicians see, on average, 12-18 patients per day. Due to sheer growth and demand, the new physician can expect to build a practice quickly. Pediatric Neurology works collaboratively and is housed with several additional specialties: Developmental Pediatrics, Pediatric Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychology. The position is outpatient based but involves inpatient call coverage, a 1:5 call.

Experience with epilepsy is preferred but not required. New grads are welcome to apply.

Benefit Highlights:

Competitive Base Salary with Productivity & Quality Incentive Bonuses

Generous Sign-On Bonus

Relocation Package

Paid time off for a nice work/life balance

Malpractice through articles of sovereign immunity

403(b) retirement plan with match

Short term/long term disability

This is ExceptionalLee!

Golisano Childrens Hospital has been named Top Childrens Hospital by The Leapfrog Group four times. Golisano is home to Southwest Floridas only state-designated Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center and is a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Golisano is recognized as an Asthma Friendly Hospital by the Florida Asthma Coalition.Most recently Golisano Children's Hospital was recognized as a Certified Autism Center. Golisano is the second hospital in the United States and first in Florida to receive this designation.

Lee Memorial Hospital, HealthPark Medical Center and Gulf Coast Medical Center earned recognition as a 2022-2023 Best Regional Hospital in Florida by U.S. News & World Report, in addition to being rated as High Performing. Cape Coral Hospital was also awarded a High Performing rating.

All Lee Health adult acute care hospitals have been named among Americas Best Hospitals for 2022, a distinction that places them in the top two and five percent of hospitals nationwide, according to Healthgrades.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced that Lee Health has earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition as a certified level 8.

Leapfrog Group released its Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades and awarded HealthPark Medical Center with an A grade for the sixth straight reporting period, and advanced Gulf Coast Medical Center to an A from the last reporting period.

Fort Myers:

Lee Health is located in beautiful, sunny Fort Myers, FLORIDA where there is truly something for everyone! With warm weather all year round, the area has numerous outdoor activities right at your fingertips, such as, boating, playing golf, fishing, enjoying the wildlife, beautiful walking trails, and so much more! Fort Myers also has numerous restaurants, plenty of shopping close by in our malls and outlets, art, history and a wide variety of festivals all year round.

Fort Myers International Airport is easy to get to, easy to use, and offers numerous direct flights and connections to meet all of your travel needs. Those in this area are also able to enjoy the Key West Express which allows for a 3-hour boat ride down to Key West! Fort Myers is minutes away from Sanibel Island, Captiva, and Naples. This area is also centrally located between three of Floridas major cities, Orlando, Tampa and Miami.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please e-mail your CV to our Physician Recruitment Office atphysicianrecruitment@leehealth.org.