What are the working conditions for a Neonatologist?

- Neonatology is a full-time job. The attention infants in the NICU need hardly ever allow neonatologists to work part-time.

- work on evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed

- Many neonatologists develop irregular sleeping patternsbecause infants in the NICU need 24-hour care.

- A neonatology fellow can work more than 61 hours a week, a neonatologist even more.

- Shifts can last for 30 hours or more.

- must be available on-call.

- you do hands-on work- you can individually handle the patient's care and determine procedures neededwithout the need to consult other team doctors.- you have to think and act quickly and clearly without much sleep- you must keepyour composure in overwhelming situations- you work as part of a team