Pediatrician

Provide pediatric care in a military healthcare environment where your clinical judgment supports patients from infancy through young adulthood.

At International SOS Government Medical Services, you'll support healthcare programs that improve patient care and operational readiness across the U.S. and internationally. Founded in 1984, International SOS operates in more than 90 countries, delivering healthcare, medical assistance, emergency response, and workforce support services worldwide.

As a Pediatrician, you’ll provide preventive, acute, and ongoing care for newborns, children, adolescents, and young adults at clinics in the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Suffolk area. Your work will span routine examinations, immunizations, and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic conditions. You’ll also help guide other healthcare professionals and pediatric residents in delivering care.

Compensation and professional development: $135.00–$145.00 per hour, plus a $300 incentive for each weekend shift worked or a $400 incentive for each federal holiday shift worked. A minimum of six hours worked is required to qualify for either incentive. Annual CEU reimbursement of $1,000 is available.

Schedule: Friday–Sunday, 7:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., with a 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and treat pediatric patients across routine, acute, and chronic care needs, provide screenings, examinations, immunizations, and patient and family counseling.; Evaluate and manage developmental, learning, and behavioral concerns, conduct appropriate examinations, documentation, and reporting when child abuse or neglect is a concern.; Perform or oversee diagnostic and minor procedures, such as abscess drainage and suturing simple lacerations, while providing clinical direction and teaching to healthcare professionals and pediatric residents.; Respond to patient emergencies according to established protocols and maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation.; Participate in peer review, performance improvement, and clinical education activities.

Requirements

MD or DO, completion of an ACGME-accredited residency, and graduation from a U.S. or Canadian medical school, an LCME-approved medical school, or an AOA-approved osteopathic college. Graduates of other medical schools must provide ECFMG certification.; Full, current, unrestricted license to practice medicine as a pediatrician in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.; One of two pathways: Board certification in Pediatrics through the American Board of Pediatrics and at least one year of full-time pediatrician experience within the past two years, or completion of residency within the past 12 months. Recent graduates must be scheduled for the board exam or awaiting results and provide results within one week of receipt.; Possess and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS): American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers or American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course. Certification cards must display the American Heart Association or Military Training Network emblem.; Possess and maintain Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification as recognized by the American Board of Pediatrics.; Two letters written within the past two years attesting to clinical skills: one from a supervisor and one from a clinic or hospital administrator or practicing physician.