Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician

Location:

Dodson Medical Office Building

Department:

Infectious Disease

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours:

40

Summary:

Cook Children’s Health Care System, based in Fort Worth, Texas is seeking a board certified/board eligible Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician to join our established 8-member Infectious Diseases group consisting of six pediatric infectious diseases physicians and two nurse practitioners. Our team delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases services with a strong emphasis on collaboration, continuity of care, and clinical excellence.

About the Opportunity:

Our group provides a wide range of infectious diseases management, including:

Inpatient and outpatient consultation

Care for hospitalized patients across multiple specialty units, including:

• Pediatric ICU

• Neuro ICU

• Cardiac ICU

• Neonatal ICU

Management of infectious complications in bone marrow and renal transplant patients

Broad outpatient services, including:

• Hospital follow-up

• Evaluation of new outpatient infections

• Ongoing care for patients with chronic infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV

Our team values collaboration and shared decision-making. Our providers meet three mornings per week to review all patients on service, ensuring seamless continuity of care and collective input on complex cases. We take pride in our collegial environment and enjoy a strong sense of camaraderie within the group.

About Cook Children’s

Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHCS) is one of the country’s leading vertically-integrated pediatric health care organizations. Cook Children’s represents an award-winning, not-for-profit system of seamless health care designed to fulfill our Promise; “Knowing that every child’s life is sacred, it is the Promise of Cook Children’s to improve the health of every child through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.”

The medical center in Fort Worth has 444 pediatric beds and treats infants, children, teens and young adult patients ages 0-21 throughout Texas, as well as nationally and internationally. At nearly 1.6 million square feet, the campus serves as the main site of CCHCS. This includes the medical center, Dodson specialty clinics and north and south inpatient towers. In addition to the main Fort Worth campus, other Cook Children’s locations include a new medical center in Prosper, TX multiple regional specialty clinics, urgent care centers, neighborhood clinics, primary care offices, surgery centers and home health offices.

Fort Worth and the surrounding Tarrant County area are consistently ranked among the best places to work and live. With a population of over 2.2 million people, it surprises many visitors and newcomers with the friendliness of a small town and the amenities of our nation’s largest cities. The city offers everything found in a modern metropolitan community—an abundance of the arts, quality health care, excellence in education, great professional sports, and many outdoor activities.

About Cook Children’s:

Our not-for-profit organization is comprised of a flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, a new medical center in Prosper, Texas, a physician network, home health company, surgery centers, health plan, health services, and health foundation. With more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care locations throughout Texas, families can access our top-ranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child. Cook Children's is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.

At Cook Children's, we're more than a health care system––we're your friends, neighbors and even family members. And we're parents too, so we can see the world through your eyes. We see what you're going through––and how we can help you and your child get the best care and support possible.
 

Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.