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Baylor College of Medicine

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine (Assistant Professor)

Baylor College of Medicine, Austin, Texas, us, 78716


Job Title:

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine (Assistant Professor)

Division:

Pediatrics

Location:

Austin, TX

Salary Range:

Not specified

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Work Schedule:

Evening shifts (4pm to 1am)

SummaryThe Emergency Center at Texas Children's Hospital, North Austin Campus is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible emergency medicine physician to provide evening shift coverage in the Emergency Center (EC). The EC currently has 13 beds with a 13-bed expansion planned to open in Fall 2024. The department has double-coverage physician shifts in an overlapping "waterfall" pattern for a total of 5 shifts per day. Interested parties will join a group of 15 pediatric emergency medicine subspecialists, a talented cadre of advanced practice providers, and an excellent group of experienced emergency nurses.

Responsibilities

The faculty member will work in the Emergency Center (EC) of Texas Children's Hospital, North Austin Campus, under the indirect supervision and direction of the campus EC Medical Director.

The faculty member is responsible for patient care delivered in the Emergency Center to patients presenting to the EC. Clinical allocated time will be 100%, with minimal outside expectations for administrative, teaching, or research responsibilities. Full-time clinical faculty are expected to work approximately 13 9-hour shifts each month (1,440 hours/year).

The faculty member will collaborate with advanced practice practitioners as well as any assigned learners (students, trainees, etc.) while on shift.

The faculty member will direct nursing and ancillary staff members in typical emergency department operations.

The faculty member will be expected to evaluate and disposition an average of 1.5 - 2.0 patients per hour and to complete charting sufficient to accurately medically bill for these patients.

The faculty member should be facile with typical emergency medicine procedures including laceration repair, fracture reduction, procedural sedation, lumbar puncture, point-of-care ultrasound, incision, and drainage, etc.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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