Pediatrics - Hospitalist Job at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX

The Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center is actively seeking Pediatric Hospitalists to join a vibrant team at UT Southwestern and Children's Health System of Texas in Dallas.

• Join a robust division of 51 faculty members

• Practice is located only on the main campus at Children's Medical Center Dallas
• Our large clinical practice consists of caring for approximately 45% of hospitalized children on Dallas campus. Our model consists of traditional teaching (2) and solo hospitalist-only (7) services that include an "observation unit" and an "intermediate care unit (IMCU)" with admitter and swing service.
• We have a dedicated nocturnist program to cover night call, so faculty are expected to cover only 2-3 night calls a month

• Divisional organization chart includes medical directors for operations, quality & safety, associate operations directors, Director of IMCU, fellowship PD/APD. Additionally, faculty in the division hold important Department and HealthSystem leadership roles such as residency program director, clerkship director, medical director for utilization management and physician advisor for clinical documentation improvement.
• Faculty have access to all medical and surgical specialties and numerous ancillary services
• Tremendous growth potential – as faculty have ample opportunities for career advancement in their areas of interest. Faculty scholarly interests and publications include topics: Children with medical complexity, musculoskeletal infections, resource utilization and low value care, Bronchiolitis, cost effective care, drug of abuse etc. Division participates in Health Services, clinical and QI research. Division participates in VIP and PRIS network projects.

Responsibilities for the faculty will include providing clinical services at the Children’s Health facility in Dallas (quaternary care). PHM faculty provides both direct patient care and care with residents and students. Direct care is provided 24/7. Care with trainees is provided on both teaching service and solo services with categorical pediatric residency training program and students from UT Southwestern Medical School. Faculty are involved in education, simulation, quality/safety, clinical/QI and health services research. Professional growth is tailored per individual needs. Division has a peer mentoring program for all new faculty.

Academic Responsibilities

Clinical practice involves teaching medical students, categorical pediatrics and medicine-pediatrics residents, and family medicine, anesthesia, and peds. psychiatry residents, from UTSW and affiliated institutions. Practice has strong collaboration ED/ICUs, all specialties and palliative care program. Faculty have opportunity for advanced training in MPH, MBA or master’s in clinical informatics. PHM fellowship offers combined tracks in clinical informatics, infectious diseases and others.

About Us

The Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine has a robust clinical practice with the vision to be a premier academic practice in the country with a national reputation for state-of-the-art clinical and academic programs. We are looking for a dynamic candidate who wants to be part of a growing practice where they can obtain resources to reach their full potential.

The PHM faculty serve in many leadership roles in the residency program, clerkship program, utilization management program, clinical operations, and as president and medical representatives on the Medical Executive Committee and other university and hospital committees.

Faculty are part of VIP network and PRIS network multi-site projects and are actively involved in health services research through Children’s Hospital Association. Other faculty interests include: neurosciences program, simulation-based education, point of care ultrasound program, musculoskeletal infection program, QI and safety program and developing educational curriculum.

Children’s Medical Center

Located in the heart of Dallas, TX, Children's Medical Center Dallas is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care hospital and is affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical School. The hospital system has 496 beds (387 in the Dallas campus) and is the largest tertiary medical center for pediatric patients in North Texas.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.