Jobs at Children's Mercy

Provides inpatient and outpatient care for infants, children, and adolescents with advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, and pre- or post-transplant needs. Responsibilities include Cardiac ICU co-management, ACTT floor attending duties, multidisciplinary clinics, consults, follow-up, on-call coverage, transplant selection, teaching, and clinical or translational research. Candidates need advanced fellowship training in heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and transplantation, plus eligibility for medical licensure in Missouri and Kansas.

Provides pediatric gastroenterology care with a focus on motility disorders and procedures, including gastrointestinal motility testing, pH impedance, and EndoFLIP. The physician participates in multidisciplinary clinical programs, contributes to an active research program, teaches fellows, and delivers compassionate patient care. Responsibilities also include supporting general pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology services while upholding the organization’s commitments to excellence, inclusion, integrity, and respect.

Provides pediatric gastroenterology care in general gastroenterology, hepatology, and motility. The physician will deliver excellent clinical services, collaborate with a multidisciplinary pediatric team, participate in research, and contribute to teaching within an ACGME-approved fellowship program. The role includes patient and family care, clinical consultation, and support for the hospital’s expanding pediatric gastroenterology program.

Provides outpatient general pediatric care, including well-child, same-day illness, and chronic-condition visits. Teaches medical and physician assistant students and residents, participates in phone call coverage, and may contribute to quality improvement, research, advocacy, and administrative activities. The role serves medically and socially complex children and families in an academic pediatric setting.

Provides direct clinical care to pediatric patients, educates physicians and allied health professionals, contributes to scholarly activities, and participates in administrative responsibilities while upholding medical ethics and organizational values.

Provides general pediatric rheumatology care and supports an outpatient Amplified Pain Syndrome service within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include patient- and family-centered clinical care, trainee education, quality improvement, and potential clinical or translational research. The role is based at Children's Mercy Kansas City with academic appointments and collaboration across pediatric research and medical education programs.

Provides pediatric ophthalmology care in a multispecialty practice, educates physicians, students, and allied health professionals, contributes to scholarly activities, and participates in administrative responsibilities. Requires board eligibility or certification, pediatric ophthalmology fellowship training, medical licensure, hospital privileges, and BNDD and DEA certificates.

Provides diagnostic pediatric radiology services across all aspects of pediatric imaging, with opportunities for subspecialty focus. Responsibilities include interpreting studies, teaching residents and pediatric radiology fellows, participating in an academic clinical environment, and potentially pursuing research. The role supports autonomous pediatric imaging practice with access to subspecialty teleradiology expertise and includes an academic appointment through UMKC School of Medicine.

Provides pediatric hematology care for patients with sickle cell disease, hemoglobinopathies, bleeding and clotting disorders, and other hematological diagnoses. Participates in clinical, research, educational, administrative, and mentoring activities. Collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, and multidisciplinary staff while contributing to clinical trials, program development, and leadership within the hematology program.

Provides developmental-behavioral pediatric clinical care for children with developmental delays, autism, ADHD, learning disorders, genetic abnormalities, and behavioral disorders. Teaches residents and fellows, participates in multidisciplinary care, scholarly activities, and administrative responsibilities. Requires a medical degree, residency or fellowship, board eligibility or certification, state licensure, hospital privileges, and BNDD and DEA certificates.

Provides specialized pediatric hepatology and intestinal failure care, including pre- and post-transplant management, diagnostics, and procedures. Helps launch and develop a new intestinal transplant program, teaches medical learners and fellows, collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, and participates in clinical, translational, or outcomes research and scholarly publication.

Provides specialized clinical care for newborns across Level II–III neonatal intensive care units and a regional Level IV NICU. Responsibilities include high-risk delivery attendance, management of premature and transitional conditions, care for infants with birth anomalies and complex conditions, and participation in clinical follow-up, education, scholarly activities, research, and quality improvement initiatives.

Provides inpatient care for pediatric patients in a tertiary children’s hospital and community hospital setting. Responsibilities include direct care of medically complex and general pediatric patients, supervision of fellows, residents, and medical students, participation in clinical education, quality improvement, performance improvement, evidence-based practice, and medical informatics initiatives. Candidates must demonstrate strong clinical skills, professionalism, team-based care, effective communication, and commitment to inclusion and patient-centered service.

Provides clinical genomic testing and interpretation for rare pediatric diseases. Responsibilities include interpreting and reporting panel, exome, short-read genome, long-read genome, and other molecular test results; developing and validating tests; supporting product launches, process improvement, and clinical research; consulting with physicians; monitoring quality assurance; and educating trainees and staff.

Provides clinical and surgical pediatric otolaryngology care focused on otology, hearing loss, cochlear implantation, chronic ear disease, balance disorders, and lateral skull base surgery. Teaches residents and fellows, contributes to the Comprehensive Otology and Hearing Program, and may participate in research, fellowship development, and academic initiatives.

Provide pediatric surgical pathology sign-out and autopsy services at a tertiary children’s hospital. The pathologist will collaborate with clinical and research teams, contribute to education and scholarly activities, and may focus on gastrointestinal, renal, or transplant pathology. Candidates must hold or be eligible for board certification and maintain unrestricted Missouri and Kansas medical licenses.

Provide pediatric nephrology care within a nationally recognized children's hospital program, including outpatient specialty clinics, end-stage kidney disease, home hemodialysis, acute kidney injury, transplantation, and transition to adult nephrology. The role also offers opportunities to participate in fellowship education, basic, translational, and clinical research, and collaborative multidisciplinary care. Academic rank will be Assistant or Associate Professor, with compensation based on experience.

Provides pediatric surgical pathology sign-out and autopsy services at a tertiary children’s hospital. Collaborates with clinical sections and research laboratories, contributes to pathology education and scholarly activities, and may support gastrointestinal, renal, or transplant pathology. Requires board certification or eligibility in anatomic pathology or related pathology disciplines and eligibility for unrestricted Missouri and Kansas medical licenses.

Provides primarily inpatient pediatric hematology/oncology hospitalist care during nights and weekends. Participates in clinical, research, quality improvement, education, resident and fellow mentoring, patient advocacy, and professional development within hematology, oncology, or bone marrow transplantation services.

Provides pediatric psychological care across outpatient and inpatient settings, including consultations, assessments, evidence-based interventions, multidisciplinary care, and specialty programs. Teaches in pediatric medical and psychology training programs and participates in research, service, quality improvement, and scholarly activities. Requires a doctoral degree in clinical or pediatric psychology, APA-accredited training, and eligibility for psychology licensure in Missouri and Kansas.