Welcoming CVs from Board Certified Child Neurologists for a full-time academic position involving work at our new Le Bonheur Children's Hospital opening this year. 

This position involves commitment to resident and student teaching, to clinical practice, and to research. The individual will be responsible to the Division Chief in all activities.  

Le Bonheur's Neuroscience Institute is nationally recognized for its specialists, clinical programs, research, technology and facility.

 
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

  
Preferred:
*Specialty interest in headache/pain or rehabilitation/spasticity/cerebral palsy

Required:

*Must be Board Certified in Pediatric Neurology
*Tennessee Medical License with no restrictions by start date

www.lebonheur.org/lebonheur/Our+Services/Clinical+Specialties/Neuroscience+Institute

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is a leader in pediatric clinical care and research, and is the region’s premier teaching hospital for future pediatricians, pediatric surgical specialists and clinicians. Our partnerships with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have helped build a strong reputation for both teaching and discovery.

Le Bonheur broke ground on our new hospital in February 2008 and the new Le Bonheur Children’s opened in December of 2010.  The $340-million, 610,000-square-foot hospital doubles Le Bonheur’s previous space for patient care, research and teaching. The new hospital is designed to serve the children of our area for the next 50 years and beyond. Everything from interior design to state-of-the-art technology is focused on one thing - providing exceptional care for children. 

The new hospital features:

• A campus that is 50 percent larger than the previous facility and covers more than one million square feet.
• 12 patient care floors with the capacity for 255 inpatient beds and ability to expand.
• Dedicated units for pediatric intensive care, cardiovascular intensive care and neonatal intensive care.
• An Emergency Department with 64 patient treatment rooms; more than double the previous size.
• New diagnostic and treatment services including a 14-room surgical suite, a two-room cardiac catheterization laboratory, an interventional radiology suite and an endoscopy suite.
• A significant increase in research space
• Private patient rooms designed to accommodate comfortable sleeping space for two parents.
• Playrooms and space for families to gather on every in-patient floor.
• Diversionary settings for inpatients, outpatients and siblings including a reading room, a mini-movie theater and play areas.
• A parent stay unit for family members who want to remain close by their children in critical care.
• Le Bonheur Club’s Parent Resource Center, with access to learning materials, Internet and patient educators.

Memphis, located in southwest Tennessee, is just minutes from both Arkansas and Mississippi.  Sitting on the Mississippi River, the city has a population of slightly over one million people in the metro area. Memphis is a charming Southern city with a rich and colorful history.  It's a city that enjoys a stable economic base, low utility rates, and wonderful, friendly people.  With many theaters, museums, parks, malls and sporting events, there's always something to do in Memphis. Good food, nice weather and great people make Memphis a wonderful place to live.

Memphis has rich tradition of entrepreneurship and is home to companies that include FedEx, International Paper, AutoZone, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  There are many excellent private, public, parochial, charter, and adult schools available to residents.  Memphis colleges, universities and technical schools are consistently cited among the top schools in America.  These include the prestigious Rhodes College, the University of Memphis, and Christian Brothers University, we have a venue equipped to meet your educational goals and needs.    

All this and no state income tax help make Memphis a great choice to live and work!

For more information on Memphis, whether you're moving here or just visiting, go to the Memphis Regional Chamber  or the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Additionally, we have a wide variety of great cultural festivals  to explore. 

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