Pediatric Emergency Medicine Job In San Antonio, Texas
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assistant Medical Director
Description
Specialization:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Job Summary:
Methodist Children’s Hospital is seeking an Emergency Medicine Assistant Medical Director to join our team in San Antonio, Texas.Qualified Candidates:
- Must be BC/BE Pediatric Fellowship Trained Emergency Medicine Physicians or BC/BE Residency Trained Pediatricians with experience in high volume ED.
- Previous leadership preferred, but not required
- Clinical experience in high-volume, urban facility with high-acuity patients
- Understands the importance and impact of Patient Experience (P/X) on patients, physicians, APP's, and hospital administration
Incentive/Benefits Package:
- Competitive clinical compensation
- Director stipend
- 46,000+ annual visits, 40 private ED rooms
- 45 hours/day physician coverage, 52 hours per day APP coverage
About Methodist Hospital – Metropolitan & Methodist Healthcare System
- 378 bed facility, 12 operating suites and cath labs
- Accredited cath lab features a renowned PCI/CTO program
- Accredited Chest Pain Center and Heart Failure Institute
- Earned National Distinction of Excellence from the American College of Cardiology Heart Care Center
- Methodist Healthcare System is the largest provider of health care in South and Central Texas with 28 facilities, including nine acute care hospitals serving over 94,000 inpatients and 500,000 outpatients annually
San Antonio is home to 2.5 million people and is experiencing solid economic growth in industries such as bioscience and healthcare, aerospace, IT and cybersecurity and green technologies. San Antonio's MSA is expected to add up to 1.1 million new residents and 500,000 new jobs by 2040. This growing city offers big-city amenities and world-renowned attractions coupled with a relaxed and inviting atmosphere for all ages. San Antonio residents also enjoy a cost of living slightly below the national average due to lower housing costs, as well as no state income tax.
San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is the seventh most populous city in the U.S. and the second most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000-2010. The city is located in the American Southwest, the south–central part of Texas, and the southwestern corner of an urban region known as the Texas Triangle.
Methodist Children’s Hospital opened in 1998 as the only hospital in San Antonio and South Texas designed and built especially for children. Colorful images and artwork enhance every window and wall to create a welcoming, child-focused environment that includes a two-story tree house in the lobby, play rooms on every floor, and an outdoor play area. The Methodist Children’s Hospital offers 24-hour pediatric emergency room, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, pediatric operating suites, and special outpatient clinics for children with complex illnesses.
Methodist Children’s Hospital features the region’s only blood and marrow stem cell transplant program offering hope for children with leukemia, sickle cell anemia and immunodeficiency syndromes such as SCIDS (severe compromised immune deficiency syndrome). In addition, Methodist Children’s Hospital has a complete unit devoted to hematology, oncology and transplants.
The Methodist Children’s Heart Institute features a multidisciplinary team of experienced board-certified pediatric cardiologists dedicated to complex congenital cardiac and thoracic diseases, from prenatal diagnosis through adulthood. With six cardiac catheterization suites, the Methodist Children’s Heart Institute is the only hospital in South Texas providing interventional and diagnostic procedures including PDA coils, balloon septostomies, balloon dilations and ASD device closures. Cardiothoracic specialty areas include neonatal and infant heart surgery, single ventricle and hypoplastic left heart syndrome, arrhythmia surgery, beating heart surgery, cardiac failure and mechanical support.