Hospitalist/Intensivist
About The Position
Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood! This role involves providing exceptional medical care as a staff physician, focusing on high-level pediatric acute and critical care clinical services. The position requires performing and recording history and physical examinations, developing and executing treatment plans, ordering laboratory studies and consultations, and administering medications. Responsibilities also include vent and airway management, nutrition management (such as TPN), and assisting with patient follow-up. The role involves supervising and teaching medical students, residents, fellows, and clinical team members, including advanced practice providers, nurses, and respiratory therapists. Additionally, the position requires participation in research, managing call coverage schedules, and maintaining effective working relationships with other physicians and hospital staff. The Hospitalist/Intensivist will serve as the first responding physician for emergency services and coordinate non-emergency care, ensuring effective communication regarding patient status and treatment plans.
Requirements
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical school
- Must have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited pediatric residency program
- Must have relevant work experience or completed fellowship training in pediatric critical care
- Must possess or be eligible for TX medical license
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required
Responsibilities
- Provide exceptional medical care as a staff physician
- Provide high level pediatric acute and critical care clinical services to patients
- Performing and recording history and physical examinations
- Recording and interpreting pertinent patient data
- Developing, documenting, and executing a treatment plan
- Writing routine orders for appropriate laboratory studies, imaging, and consultations
- Performing patient/parent teaching
- Assisting with patient follow-up
- Performing appropriate screenings
- Administering medications as required
- Ordering and/or performing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as indicated by patient findings
- Vent and airway management
- Nutrition management such as TPN
- Staff presurgical and multidisciplinary as needed
- Participate in research
- Supervise and teach medical students, residents, fellows and clinical team on the inpatient unit including advanced practice providers, nurses and respiratory therapists.
- Manage and participate in the call coverage schedule as assigned
- Develop, maintain and promote effective working relationships with other physicians and hospital staff
- Participate in staff meetings and hospital committees as requested
- Use hospital resources efficiently
- Abide by hospital regulations, bylaws, and policies
- Maintain good professional relationships with the broader medical community
- Provide professional pediatric hospitalist/intensivist services on-site for all patients admitted, under observation, or evaluated within the hospital
- Serve as the first responding physician for emergency services needed within the scope of practice.
- Coordinate non-emergency care, as needed, and consult with the appropriate on-call service for further direction
- Maintain effective communication regarding current status and treatment plans for all inpatients with the incoming team through daily progress notes and status reports
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
