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Pediatric Hospitalist job in Austin TX

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Ascension Medical Group Texas

2024-11-07 16:39:17

Job location Austin, Texas, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Healthcare & Medical

Job description

  • Specialty: Pediatrics
  • Subspecialty Interest: Pediatric Hospitalist
  • Schedule: 154 clinical shifts per year
  • Call Schedule: 40 overnights in a year
  • Practice Detail: 31 Pediatric Hospitalists, 2 APPs
  • EMR System: Cerner/Compass
  • Facility: Dell Children's Medical Center, Dell Children's Medical Center North Campus
  • Location: Austin, Texas & Cedar Park, Texas

This job location is not currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.

Dell Children's Medical Center is looking for a Board Certified/Board Eligible Hospital Medicine physician for our hospitalist group within Dell Children's Medical Center.

Position Highlights:

Pediatric Hospitalists at Dell Children s are dedicated clinicians and educators, practicing state of the art, evidence-based medicine in robust clinical settings of acute care hospital medicine, subspecialty care, complex care, surgical co-management, and mental health. Our institution s growing programs and clinical service lines provide ample opportunities for Pediatric Hospitalists to serve the patients and families in our community and region. We have a 4th bed tower that opened Nov 2022 and a North Austin campus that opened in the spring of 2023. We provide 24/7 in house coverage.

Responsibilities:

  • Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
  • Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
  • Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
  • Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
  • Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
  • Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.

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