Family Medicine Hospital Service Physician

Department of Family and Community Medicine
 Hospital Service Physician

The Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is recruiting a full-time Clinical faculty member to provide high-quality, patient care as part of a dynamic, well-established inpatient program, within UT Health’s affiliate hospital, University Hospital, a University Health System facility. This position will be responsible for direct inpatient care, including admitting, rounding, and writing progress notes on patients daily 6am to 6pm on a 5 on/5 off block schedule. This is a non-teaching position, primarily caring for perioperative podiatry patients, and will work closely with the podiatry team at University Hospital as well as the Family Medicine Hospital Service. This position will not be expected to take call for the Family Medicine Hospital Service, however, there may be an option for maternity coverage in the future. The successful candidate should be comfortable caring for very ill patients but will not see patients in an ICU setting. Faculty will coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to develop appropriate care plans, safe discharge plans, and transitions of care for patients. University Hospital has a Rapid Response team so will not be responsible for running codes, unless awaiting Rapid Response team to arrive. Procedures are not required, but there is room for training and opportunity to perform procedures if comfortable.

University Hospital is a Bexar County teaching hospital that provides a Level I Trauma Center for adults and Level II Trauma Center care for pediatrics in the South/Central Texas Region. The collaboration between UHS and UT Health Science Center supports a comprehensive clinical and teaching facility.

Candidates must have an MD or DO (or foreign equivalent) and be board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine.  In addition, candidates must be eligible for a Texas Medical License, for certification by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, and for credentials with UT Medicine San Antonio and University Hospital. The rank and salary of this position will be paid at academic Family Medicine rates and will be dependent on the individual's qualifications. Salaries are competitive and there are opportunities for specific effort allocation to be negotiated based on candidate preference. 

For more information regarding this opportunity and/or to apply for this position, please navigate to the UT Health Careers portal at: https://uthscsa.referrals.selectminds.com/faculty Requisition #24000864

UT Health San Antonio is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including protected veterans and persons with disabilities. All faculty appointments are designated as security sensitive positions.

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