Job Description - Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery (26159449)
Job Description
Primary Location
: Connecticut-Bridgeport-St Vincents Medical Center (10427)
Job
: Hospital Medicine
Organization
: Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialists
Job Posting
: Jun 18, 2026
Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery - (26159449)
Description
Bridgeport, CT - Pediatric Hospitalist/Newborn Nursery - Full-time
Join a collaborative, patient-centered team at Hartford HealthCare, where we support our physicians in their professional and work-life balance goals.
Location(s):
Hospital: St. Vincent's Medical Center, 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT 06606-4201
Position details:
Full time, newborn nursery and hospital pediatric coverage
Schedule:
Six (6) weekday shifts and two (2) weekend shifts per four (4) week cycle
There are thirteen (13) cycles per year
Each shift is twenty-four (24) hours
For weekday shifts, physician must be on-site at the hospital between 5:00PM - 10:00AM of each twenty four (24) hour shift and available via phone between 10:00AM - 5:00PM
For weekend shifts, physician must be on-site at the hospital for the entire twenty-four (24) hour shift
Hospital coverage includes rounding on newborns, attending c-sections (both scheduled and emergent), managing photo therapy, occasional pedi consults to E.D. or floors, and stabilization of newborns for transport
Faculty opportunity with Quinnipiac University teaching med students
Support from neonatologists 24/7
No circumcisions
Hospital averages over 1,000 deliveries annually
Location:
Located just minutes to New York City and two hours from Boston, we are in the heart of New England's most stunning communities offering your family nationally acclaimed school systems, a choice to live at the shore, in vibrant urban areas, near a major university or in a Kiplinger "Top 10 Best City to Raise a Family" and Travel & Leisure's "Coolest Suburb in America".
At Hartford HealthCare, Physicians enjoy:
Highly competitive compensation
Robust benefits including a generous 401K match, CME and paid time off
Loan repayment support
Generous Paid-Time Off
Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
Opportunity to teach and precept students
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess:
A passion for providing patient-centered care to a pediatric patient population
A willingness to work closely and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team
An unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
BC/BE in Pediatrics
Contact Information:
Jennifer Straka, Physician Recruiter, Hartford HealthCare
Cell: 860-996-4441
Email: Jennifer.Straka@hhchealth.org
Work Locations
:
St Vincents Medical Center (10427)
2800 Main Street
Bridgeport 06606
Standard Hours Per Week: 40
Full-time (40 hours)
Shift Details: 24 hours shifts