Child Neurologist - Cook Childrens Lubbock TX
Child Neurologist - Cook Childrens Lubbock TX
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Job Description
Location:
Lubbock Regional Specialty ClinicDepartment:
LubbockNeuroShift:
First Shift (United States of America)Standard Weekly Hours:
40Summary:
Cook Childrens Medical Center seeks a board certified/board eligible child neurologist to join our clinic in Lubbock Texas. This physician will be responsible for outpatient neurology care at the Lubbock location with inpatient consultations at Covenant Childrens Hospital. Subspecialty clinics for epilepsy and movement disorders will be provided monthly by staff from the main campus with telemedicine consultations available for subspecialty care as required. Call responsibilities will be shared by Cook Childrens physicians serving West Texas with additional support from main campus faculty. Salary will be competitive and guaranteed for the first 2 years with potential for performance bonuses after that time. Interested candidates will have faculty appointment and teaching opportunities with Texas Tech providing instruction for medical students and neurology residents.
Other Programmatic Highlights:
Enjoy support from a current faculty of 20Pediatric Neurologists 8Advanced Practice Providers
3Pediatric Neurosurgeons 1 Physiatrist and 4Neuropsychologists.Access to a 10bed epilepsy monitoring unit and active epilepsy surgery program (average 40 surgeries/yr) with available technologies including 3T and intraoperativeMRI Magnetoencephalography PET SPECT fMRI TMS and HDEEG on the main campus
26bed stateoftheart NeuroRehabilitation unit located at main campus
Established comprehensive headache program stroke program movement disorder program and epilepsy program to refer patients
Cook Childrens offers competitive compensation malpractice coverage health and dental insurance and an excellent retirement program. With over 850 pediatric primary care pediatric subspecialty physicians and advanced practice providers in its network CCPN is one of Americas strongest pediatric group practices. Physicians receive a full range of practice support including delegated credentialing and integrated managed care contracting.
Cook Childrens Medical Center Fort Worthis a notforprofit free standing quaternary care pediatric healthcare system that is consistently ranked by US News and World Report. Our focus first and foremost is delivery of easily accessible wellcoordinated comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children with neurological diseases through patientcentered care. Although not academically affiliated clinical research is an important program component supported by a multimillion dollar Neuroscience Research Endowment providing all necessary elements for research development data acquisition analysis and dissemination. Opportunities for teaching and faculty affiliation with the University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas Christian University and Texas Tech are also possible.
Covenant Childrensis part ofCovenant Health and its parentProvidenceSt Joseph Health which has a history of over 100 years of service to the West Texas/Panhandle Plains and eastern New Mexico region. Covenant Childrens is a 275 bed facility and is the only licensed freestanding childrens hospital in the area. CCH operates a level IV NICU and is verified as the only level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the region. CCH is also a regional provider of high risk maternal care. CCH has over 175 physicians on medical staff representing nearly all major pediatric subspecialties (neurosurgery neurology cardiology GI ENT and ENT trauma Endocrine ID HemOnc Pulm Adolescent Medicine among others).
CCH plays an active role in the West Texas/Panhandle Plains regions provision of pediatric care via partnerships with regional facilities primarily in the Midland and Odessa area via providing pediatric hospitalist services for two hospitals. CCH has also begun to partner with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. Historically CCH has a close relationship with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock with CCH acting as the primary teaching site for pediatric education for the Health Sciences Center. Each year CCH trains approximately 24 pediatric residents with many providers also serving as faculty of TTUHSC engaging in academic teaching and/or research.
Lubbock also known as Hub City is the educational economic and healthcare hub of West Texas. With a population of over a quarter million and growing Lubbock offers big city conveniences without the traffic. The low cost of living 15 below the US average) and exceptional lifestyle provides for the perfect worklife balance. The Covenant Health System serves a regional population of 1.2 million people in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico providing the latest in technology and treatment options. Situated between Palo Duro Canyon and Caprock Canyon Lubbock offers easy access to outdoor activities such as hiking mountain biking and camping. Texas Tech University and a student population of over 36000 provide excellent educational and research opportunities while ensuring continued economical and cultural development of the region.
Minimum qualifications:
Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. required. American Heart Association BLS and PALS. Unrestricted Texas Medical license (must obtain prior to start date). Must have successfully completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Medical Association (AMA) approved residency for pediatrics. Board certified/Board Eligible in their specialty area.
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About Cook Childrens:
Our notforprofit 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 topranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child. Cook Childrens is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.
At Cook Childrens were more than a health care systemwere your friends neighbors and even family members. And were parents too so we can see the world through your eyes. We see what youre going throughand how we can help you and your child get the best care and support possible.
Cook Childrens is an EOE/AA Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.
Employment Type
Full-Time
