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

  • 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

• This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

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

• Must possess or be eligible for TX medical license

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required

Working Environment

• Working conditions: Inside/Outside

• Working Position: Sitting/Standing/Walking

• Physical Demands: Medium

• Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, and Stopping/Kneeling/Bending

• An Individual in this position will be required to list or carry weight in this group: 25-34 lbs

• Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Speaking

• An Individual in this position will be exposed to: Inside/Outside environment