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Johnston, Iowa

Hospital Rounding Physician (PRN)

PediatricsIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Join ChildServe’s multidisciplinary team of experts as a Hospital Rounding Physician (PRN) to provide high-quality, family-centered care to children and young adults with complex medical needs. This position works alongside a team of professionals, including Iowa board-certified physicians and pediatric physiatrists, nurse practitioners, pediatric psychologists, mental health therapists, nurses, and pediatric rehabilitation therapists (PT/OT/SLP).

ChildServe partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life. ChildServe is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa's only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs. ChildServe’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services. Through a coordinated care approach, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can get many of their child’s needs met in one location. Proudly serving the community since 1928, ChildServe now provides more than 30 services to over 5,800 children in Iowa each year.

  • Learn more about ChildServe and the specialty healthcare services we provide.
  • Schedule: Weekend and Nights
  • What You’ll Do

Medical Care: Participate in the medical management of children and young adults on the inpatient units as consulting or primary physician, as well as children and young adults in the outpatient clinic setting.

Collaboration: Collaborate and partner with ChildServe’s comprehensive interdisciplinary team, including care team members, leaders and external partners.

Care & Quality Improvement: Support the ChildServe Care Quality System and establish and maintain the highest quality healthcare standards.

What You’ll Need

Board certified/board eligible in one of the following

  • Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
  • Family Medicine, with experience in inpatient medical management and pediatric complex care
  • Pediatrics, with experience in inpatient medical management and complex care management up to age 30
  • Three or more years of experience in treating children and young adults with special health care needs.

Completion of a Pediatric Complex Care fellowship or additional experience in pediatric complex care and transition is preferred.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a full unrestricted Medical License in the State of Iowa.
  • Unrestricted federal DEA and state CSA license.
  • E-mail careers@childserve.org to learn more about this position.
  • Why ChildServe

Along with a guaranteed, competitive salary, robust benefits including generous paid time off, CME allowance, malpractice coverage, retirement contributions, and eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), at ChildServe you'll enjoy:

Culture & Mission: As a Top Workplace every year since 2014 and voted the #1 Most Influential Nonprofit in Des Moines, our team is united by our mission to partner with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life.

Innovation & Growth: ChildServe offers multiple services that are only found at ChildServe. Our team is dedicated to improving the quality of our healthcare programs to better meet the needs of the families we serve.

Inpatient Programs: Our inpatient programs include the only free-standing pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit in Iowa, and our Inpatient Complex Medical Care program, the only program of its kind in Iowa. We are licensed for 74 beds across three dedicated inpatient units.

Collaborative Approach: ChildServe's approach is built on the knowledge that everyone benefits when experts can work together. You'll enjoy partnering with an interdisciplinary team to enhance the care we provide.

Growth: ChildServe has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, including the opening of a new pediatric rehabilitation unit, expansion into Cedar Rapids, the doubling of our facilities in both Iowa City and Ames, and a new location in Des Moines.

ChildServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide medical management for children and young adults in inpatient units and outpatient clinics, serving as a consulting or primary physician. Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams and external partners while supporting quality improvement and high standards of care.

Requirements

Applicants must be board-certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Family Medicine, or Pediatrics, with relevant inpatient and pediatric complex-care experience. The role requires at least three years treating children and young adults with special healthcare needs, an unrestricted Iowa medical license, and unrestricted federal DEA and state CSA licenses; pediatric complex-care fellowship or additional related experience is preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Outpatient CareInterdisciplinary CollaborationCare CoordinationTransition Care

Pediatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 46 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 11% are remote, 59% have no call, 33% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Iowa is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Iowa clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends

Living in Johnston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$339k
Typical market rent
$1,444/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.7
State income tax
Up to 6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Child Serve

Hospitals and Health Care
Johnston, IA
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed competitive salary
Generous paid time off
CME allowance
Malpractice coverage
Retirement contributions
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility