Full-Time Pediatric Physician

The Section of General Pediatrics, located at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, is one of the largest sections within the Department of Pediatrics. As the largest academic practice in Arkansas, we provide skilled, compassionate care to patients with common pediatric problems and complex chronic conditions.

The mission of general pediatrics is threefold: to provide acute and continuity of care for all children who need quality medical intervention, to teach pediatricians-in-training, and to provide a setting for clinical research and quality improvement. Our core values of empathy, advocacy, integrity, teamwork, innovation, diversity, and inclusion help us in achieving our goals of better integrated and accessible healthcare for all.

We are a large group of pediatricians from diverse backgrounds with a desire to teach, care for and work together to improve the lives of children and provide guidance to families to care for their children.

We have three clinics:

• General Pediatric Clinic — Clinical attendings provide direct care to patients.
• Resident Continuity Clinic — Clinical educators supervise and precept residents and oversee patient care.
• Resident Teaching Clinic — Clinical educators supervise and precept residents and students and oversee patient care.

• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree and must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Arkansas.
• The ideal candidate will be board-eligible/board-certified in General Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics.

• Arkansas Children’s Hospital is a leading tertiary care center in the region and has nationally recognized clinical, education and research programs.
• The Section of General Pediatrics is involved in educating medical students and residents as we advance the section’s educational mission.
• A Patient-Centered Medical Home clinic with care coordinators, social workers, support staff, and others with interest and expertise in global health.
• Competitive salary and benefits package with a robust faculty mentoring program.
• Ranked appointment at UAMS College of Medicine.
• As an employee of UAMS, you may benefit from student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
• Work with a team that values and champions wellness and work-life balance.

• Provide direct patient care to patients with general and complex pediatric needs.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure superior and compassionate health care to all children.
• As a clinical educator, prepare trainees for the changing milieu of general pediatrics and engage in all domains of scholarship within the section.