Baylor Scott & White Health
Trauma Medical Director
The Trauma Surgery Medical Director will provide clinical leadership in trauma services, including managing trauma and emergency general surgery consults, rounding on patients, and providing OR coverage. The role involves ensuring adherence to evidence-based practices and ACS standards, participating in call schedules, and collaborating with physician-APP teams. Additionally, the director will engage in regional outreach, quality improvement programs, and mentorship of trauma team members.
Key Responsibilities
- • Provide leadership in the clinical management of trauma services
- • Evaluate all trauma and emergency general surgery consults
- • Round on patients in the STICU and Trauma Acute Care Surgery services
- • Provide OR coverage for trauma, emergency general surgery, and elective general surgery
- • Participate in Q3 Trauma/Acute Care Surgery call (with protected time)
- • Ensure adherence to evidence-based practices, ACS standards, and institutional protocols
- • Collaborate in a 1:1 physician–APP model for both clinical care and call support
- • Regional outreach and commitment to trauma and emergency surgical services
- • Involvement in both TQIP and NSQIP
- • Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to trauma team members including acute care surgeons, advanced practice providers, and nursing staff
Required
- • MD/DO degree
- • Fellowship training in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
- • Board Certified/Eligible by the American Board of Surgery (or Osteopathic Board Certification)
- • Licensed (or eligible) to practice medicine in Texas
- • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (when qualified)
- • ATLS certification
- • Demonstrated experience managing trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care patients
- • Experience with laparoscopic or robotic surgery required
Benefits & Perks
- • Immediate eligibility for health and wellness benefits
- • 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
- • 457(f) savings plan with employer contribution
- • CME reimbursement and paid time off
- • Excellent Relocation Assistance packages
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Pflugerville is seeking a Trauma Surgery Medical Director to join the Department of Surgery at our hospital in Pflugerville, TX. We are expanding our Trauma Surgery service and seeking a visionary physician leader to guide and advance the delivery of trauma care as we work toward achieving Level III Trauma Designation.
Position Information:
Our competitive benefits package includes the following:
About Baylor Scott And White Medical Center – Pflugerville
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Pflugerville is a 50-bed full-service medical pursuing Level III Trauma Designation. With care delivered by a team that upholds Baylor Scott and White’s tradition of providing comprehensive, personalized quality healthcare, the hospital offers a wide network of medical expertise and resources, as well as an enhanced focus on wellness, not just sick care. A care clinic operates adjacent to the hospital, also undergoing expansion adding to existing service lines (Orthopedics, OBGYN, Urology) as well as new service lines (Ophthalmology, Dermatology, ENT).
About The Community
This opportunity gives you an ideal work/life balance with clinic hours that support Austin’s ideal model to “Live, Work, & Play.”
As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott and White Health was born from the 2013 combination of Baylor Health Care System and Scott and White Healthcare. Today, Baylor Scott and White includes 51 hospitals, more than 800 patient care sites, 7,300 active physicians, over 49,000 employees and the Scott and White Health Plan.
Qualifications:
Position Information:
- Responsibilities will include
- o Clinical Leadership
- Provide leadership in the clinical management of trauma services
- Evaluate all trauma and emergency general surgery consults
- Round on patients in the STICU and Trauma Acute Care Surgery services
- Provide OR coverage for trauma, emergency general surgery, and elective general surgery
- Participate in Q3 Trauma/Acute Care Surgery call (with protected time)
- Ensure adherence to evidence-based practices, ACS standards, and institutional protocols
- Collaborate in a 1:1 physician–APP model for both clinical care and call support
- o Mission
- Regional outreach and commitment to trauma and emergency surgical services
- Involvement in both TQIP and NSQIP
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to trauma team members including acute care surgeons, advanced practice providers, and nursing staff
- MD/DO degree
- Fellowship training in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
- Board Certified/Eligible by the American Board of Surgery (or Osteopathic Board Certification)
- Licensed (or eligible) to practice medicine in Texas
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (when qualified)
- ATLS certification
- Demonstrated experience managing trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care patients
- Experience with laparoscopic or robotic surgery required
Our competitive benefits package includes the following:
- Immediate eligibility for health and wellness benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
- 457(f) savings plan with employer contribution
- CME reimbursement and paid time off
- Excellent Relocation Assistance packages
About Baylor Scott And White Medical Center – Pflugerville
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – Pflugerville is a 50-bed full-service medical pursuing Level III Trauma Designation. With care delivered by a team that upholds Baylor Scott and White’s tradition of providing comprehensive, personalized quality healthcare, the hospital offers a wide network of medical expertise and resources, as well as an enhanced focus on wellness, not just sick care. A care clinic operates adjacent to the hospital, also undergoing expansion adding to existing service lines (Orthopedics, OBGYN, Urology) as well as new service lines (Ophthalmology, Dermatology, ENT).
About The Community
This opportunity gives you an ideal work/life balance with clinic hours that support Austin’s ideal model to “Live, Work, & Play.”
- Come enjoy Austin, Texas, a place with legendary live music.
- An eclectic restaurant scene and unique culture.
- Austin has miles of hike and bike trails and over 200 parks and 300 days of clear skies a year!
- Outstanding public and private schools.
- The University of Texas, Formula 1 racing, Q2 Soccer professional sports teams and so much more!
As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott and White Health was born from the 2013 combination of Baylor Health Care System and Scott and White Healthcare. Today, Baylor Scott and White includes 51 hospitals, more than 800 patient care sites, 7,300 active physicians, over 49,000 employees and the Scott and White Health Plan.
Qualifications:
- MD/DO degree
- Fellowship training in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
- Board Certified/Eligible by the American Board of Surgery (or Osteopathic Board Certification)
- Licensed (or eligible) to practice medicine in Texas
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (when qualified)
- ATLS certification
- Demonstrated experience managing trauma, emergency general surgery, and critical care patients
- Experience with laparoscopic or robotic surgery required
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