University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics seeks an intensivist.Appointment rank is open and may be to either the tenure track or clinical (non-tenure) track consistent with clinical experience and research interest.Appointment rank to Instructor of Pediatrics (non-tenure) may also be considered.The individual selected will join the Division of Critical Care Medicine to provide patient care, teaching, and consultative services as a pediatrician specializing in pediatric critical care medicine. The Division of Critical Care is committed to providing excellent clinical care, education of learners at all levels, and the advancement of knowledge through pursuit of biomedical research. Clinical care is provided in a 28-bed combined medical/surgical and cardiac intensive care unit, including highly specialized management of the intensive care population and patients requiring ECMO, renal replacement therapies and VAD support. Annually, our PICU admits approximately 1500+ children. We are a level 1 trauma center and burn center. We have representation from all the pediatric medical and surgical subspecialties. The division presently counts to 14 faculty (3 with further training in Cardiac Intensive Care, 1 with further training in pulmonology), 8 fellowship positions, and 8 nurse practitioners. Our critical care team is focused on the delivery of excellent clinical care, with patient satisfaction scores consistently greater than the ninetieth percentile. The quality of care provided in our Intensive Care Unit is analyzed by participation in the Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Performance System (VPS) for benchmarking and data sharing. The department is posting the Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist (requisition 75685) in conjunction with the Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist (requisition 75684) and intends to hire based on the qualifications one successful candidate. Please apply to the specific position for which you wish to be considered or both. The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is one of the nation's top medical schools. It is ranked44th in research by U.S. News & World Report. Stead Family Department of Pediatrics is ranked No. 24 in NIH funding among public pediatric departments nationwide by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The pediatrics department comprises the medical staff of University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa's only nationally ranked children's hospital and home to the state's only Level 4 NICU and Level 1 Regional Resource Pediatric Trauma Center. The ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program at Stead Family Children's Hospital trains 50 pediatric resident physicians. For its 2024-25 edition of "Best Children's Hospitals," U.S. News & World Report ranked Stead Family Children's Hospital in nine pediatric specialties: Behavioral Health, Cancer,Cardiology, Heart, and Vascular Surgery, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Neonatology, Nephrology,Neurology and Neurosurgery,Orthopedics,Urology We are home to the Hawkeye Wave, voted the best college sports tradition by USA Today readers, where 70,000 football fans wave to our patients and providers every game day. You will never feel as much community support as you do at Iowa. Come wave with us! For more information contact: Sarah Haskell, DO Associate Professor of Pediatrics Division Director of Critical Care sarah-haskell@uiowa.edu Visit us on the web at: www.uichildrens.org Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check. This applies to clinical, tenure and research positions.
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University of Iowa
Aug 13, 2025