Hospitalist/Intensivist

Duties/Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional medical care as a staff physician
• Provide high level pediatric acute and critical care clinical services to patients including, but not limited to:
• 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
• Aiding 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
• Abside 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
• Cookordinate 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

Required Skills/Abilities

• 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
• Possess or be eligible for TX medical license
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required