Baylor College of Medicine
Hospitalist in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
This role involves managing inpatient care for Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. The position is open to both fellowship trained and residency trained physicians, with training provided for those without hematology-oncology specific training. Responsibilities include overseeing junior personnel and participating in education.
Key Responsibilities
- • Manage inpatient care of Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant patients.
- • Attend to patient’s medical needs on admitted inpatients and assist with new admissions.
- • Oversee junior level personnel including fellows, residents and advanced practice practitioners.
- • Be involved in education.
- • Provide approximately 8 weeks of in-house night coverage per year.
- • Fellowship trained physicians: Attend on inpatient (daytime) service teams within the faculty attending rotation.
- • Perform bone marrow aspirate/biopsies and lumbar punctures as part of the Procedure Team.
- • Perform other clinical duties based on service needs and/or individual interest.
- • Residency trained physicians: Serve in a frontline practitioner role on Hematology-Oncology or Bone Marrow Transplant teams during daytime assignments.
- • Possibly participate on the Procedure Team or work in the Urgent Care clinic with training provided.
- • Use scheduled time for scholarly activity or personal projects.
Required
- • MD or equivalent degree
- • Board certified or board eligible for either Pediatric Hematology-Oncology or General Pediatric/Internal Medicine-Pediatric boards
- • Prior to employment start date must obtain Texas Medical License and Drug Enforcement Administration registration
Division: Pediatrics (80001016)
Department: Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology Clinical Division (90006827)
Employment Duration: Full-time
Internal Title: Academic rank commenurates with qualifications and experience.
Summary
The Department of Pediatrics - Section Hematology-Oncology is currently seeking an Assistant Professor OR Instructor (Hospitalist Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
Job Duties
Scope of practice:
Approximately 8 weeks of in-house night coverage per year.
Fellowship trained physicians:
Department: Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology Clinical Division (90006827)
Employment Duration: Full-time
Internal Title: Academic rank commenurates with qualifications and experience.
Summary
The Department of Pediatrics - Section Hematology-Oncology is currently seeking an Assistant Professor OR Instructor (Hospitalist Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)
Job Duties
Scope of practice:
- This position is open to both Pediatric Hematology-Oncology fellowship trained or General Pediatric/Internal Medicine-Pediatric residency trained physicians. No hematology-oncology specific training is required for the residency-trained applicant. Training will be provided after hiring.
- Residency trained applicants do not need to have Hospital Medicine fellowship training- they may be hired directly out of residency.
- Both types of applicant will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage inpatient care of Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant patients. They will attend to patient’s medical needs on admitted inpatients as well as assist with new admissions.
- Based on their training, applicants can oversee junior level personnel including fellows, residents and advanced practice practitioners and can be involved in education.
Approximately 8 weeks of in-house night coverage per year.
Fellowship trained physicians:
- Attending on the inpatient (daytime) service teams within the faculty attending rotation.
- Assigned days performing bone marrow aspirate/biopsies and lumbar punctures as part of our Procedure Team.
- Other clinical duties are possible based on service needs and/or individual interest.
- Efforts will be made to align clinical duties to areas in which the candidate has clinical and/or research interest.
- Daytime assignments will be in a frontline practitioner role on Hematology-Oncology or Bone Marrow Transplant teams.
- Other daytime possibilities that can be discussed include time on the Procedure Team or working in our Urgent Care clinic- training would be provided for both.
- Time is built into the schedule to allow for work on scholarly activity or personal projects.
- MD or equivalent degree
- Board certified or board eligible for either Pediatric Hematology-Oncology or General Pediatric/Internal Medicine-Pediatric boards
- Prior to employment start date must obtain Texas Medical License and Drug Enforcement Administration registration
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