Join Our Team
Valley Children’s Specialty Medical Group in Madera, California is recruiting for a pediatric critical care specialist to join our growing team. Candidates must be board-certified/eligible in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, licensed/licensable to practice in California, and must have superior clinical and interpersonal skills.
Position Overview
This position will have clinical responsibilities at two of our Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in California’s Central Valley.
Our PICU at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, CA is a 42-bed unit with over 1500 admissions per year. Our intensivists provide 24/7 in-house coverage and care for a diverse patient population. We work in multi-disciplinary teams and have the support of over 20 pediatric subspecialties. We have an active cardiovascular surgery program with over 200 cases per year. We also have an active ECMO program and are a Platinum Level ELSO Center of Excellence. We are a Level II pediatric trauma center and collaborate with our pediatric surgical team in caring for our trauma patients. In addition, each intensivist on our team contributes to the unit and the hospital through quality work, committee participation, and/or program development.
Our PICU at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield, CA is an 8-bed, CCS-certified community unit. It is the only PICU within a 125 mile radius and is a vital resource to the Bakersfield area. Routine ventilator management, inotropic support, and invasive monitoring are provided. Valley Children’s Hospital serves as its tertiary referral center and the resource for subspecialty consultations not available in Bakersfield.
Our Hospital
Valley Children's Healthcare is an expanding not-for-profit children's hospital and healthcare system with 358 regional beds with more than 640 physicians serving 12 counties and more than 1.3 million children in central California. It is ranked as one of the nation’s Best Children’s Hospitals in seven specialties by U.S. News & World Report in 2023-2024 and recognized again as a Top Children's Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for exceptional achievements in patient safety and quality in 2023.
Valley Children’s network spans one of the most scenic and geographically diverse areas of the United States. It’s an outdoor lover’s paradise, having three National Parks in your backyard: Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia. The area is within one to three hours of the stunning Pacific coast, the Napa and Sonoma wine regions and the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains, plus the San Francisco, San Jose and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. Lake Tahoe is about a four-hour drive away. Whether you prefer the snow, the sun or the sand, it’s all within your reach. And with so much varied geography, you’ll also find hiking and biking trails, kayaking, fishing, local wineries, farm stands and festivals, gourmet cuisine, and so much more.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and CV to:
Shaghig Kouyoumjian
PICU Medical Director, Valley Children’s Hospital
SKouyoumjian@valleychildrens.org
Valley Children’s Specialty Medical Group offers competitive compensation. The expected pay range for this position is $352,210-442,470 and will be based on multiple factors including the chosen candidate's qualifications and experience. Generous benefit packages offered to include employer contributed retirement plans.