Kelsey-Seybold

Per Diem Physician - Internal Medicine Hospitalist

The per diem hospitalist provides specialized, efficient, and coordinated care for hospitalized patients across four hospitalist pods. Responsibilities vary by shift, including rounding and coordinating care during the day and responding to ER calls and admitting patients at night, with support from critical care physicians and subspecialists.

Key Responsibilities
  • Rounding and coordinating care of already admitted patients during daytime shifts
  • Admitting responsibilities from the ER in the assigned hospital from 7am to 7pm on some shifts
  • Responding to ER calls and admitting patients in the assigned hospital(s) from 7pm to 7am during nighttime shifts
  • Nocturnal hospitalist required to stay in house for the duration of the shift
  • Responsible for all calls regarding admissions to the assigned hospital during nighttime shifts
  • Manage patients efficiently in hospital and interact with specialists to coordinate care
  • Transition follow up care to the daytime hospitalist safely and effectively
  • Participate in hospital committees, initiatives, and KSC Hospital Service/IM Department activities
  • No requirement to perform any procedure
Required
  • Active Texas medical license
  • Internal Medicine Board Certified or Board Eligible

Job Summary:

The Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Hospitalist Program provides specialized, efficient and coordinated care for our hospitalized patients. The per diem hospitalist has the option to take daytime and/or nighttime shifts at any of the four hospitalist pods—Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Fort Bend, Woodlands and Vintage. 

  • The main responsibilities during the daytime include rounding and coordinating care of already admitted patients.  Some shifts may have admitting responsibilities from the ER in the assigned hospital from 7am to 7pm. 
  • The main responsibilities during the nighttime include responding to ER calls and admitting patients in the assigned hospital(s) from 7pm to 7am (number of shifts can be decided amongst the team to ensure coverage every night).
  • The nocturnal hospitalist will be required to stay in house for the duration of the shift. They will be responsible for all calls regarding admissions to the assigned hospital. 
  • The hospitalists have the support from the critical care physicians and subspecialists.
  • There is no requirement to perform any procedure. 
  • Expected to efficiently manage patients in hospital and interact with specialists to coordinate the care.
  • Transition the follow up care to the daytime hospitalist safely and effectively. 
  • Participate in hospital committees, initiatives, and KSC Hospital Service/IM Department activities.

Qualifications:

  • Active Texas medical license
  • Internal Medicine Board Certified or Board Eligible

Kelsey Seybold Clinic accepts H1B Visas.


About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic 

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 850 physicians and allied health professionals practice at over 40 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in more than 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging, and diagnostics, 18 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure patient portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans and is in-network with major insurance plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved an overall rating of 5-out-of-5-stars as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid CMS annual assessment for eight consecutive years, including 2024.

Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.

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