Staff Physician (Hospitalist), Casual - Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School
The Department of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston is seeking Internal Medicine board-certified/eligible candidates for casual staff physicians in our Hospitalist Division.
McGovern Medical School is the sixth-largest Medical School in the U.S. and first in the number of healthcare graduates in Texas. Our Hospitalist service has a traditional block schedule with 7 days of clinical duties followed by 7 days of non-clinical time. This does include night and weekend coverage which is distributed among all of the clinical team members. Our primary site is located at Memorial Hermann Hospital (MHH) in the Texas Medical Center (TMC).
Position Key Accountabilities:
Responsibilities of the Staff Physician member of the hospitalist team will include providing clinical service efforts at Memorial Hermann, Texas Medical Center, helping to administer and potentially supervise medical care to acutely hospitalized patients. Duties will include clinical care and education of students and residents. Staff Physicians report directly to the Medical Director.
Qualifications:
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MD/DO
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Board-certified or eligible in Emergency Medicine,
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Licensed or eligible for full medical licensure in the State of Texas.
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Practice high-quality, evidence-based medicine, in a manner that supports the needs of the patient
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Benefits
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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.
