Pediatric - Intensivist Physician

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Physician

The Driscoll Health System is recruiting a Board Certified/Board Eligible Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Physician. Currently, the group consists of six Board Certified Pediatric Critical Care Physicians. The ideal candidate, MD/DO, will be dual boarded by the American Board of Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology or completed additional fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care. Candidates must have extensive expertise in post-operative management of complex and congenital heart patients. The pediatric critical care unit provides a comprehensive range of services, including ECMO, high frequency ventilation, and CRRT. Our new Pavilion, which will be fully open in September 2024, will have 35 dedicated CICU beds, 2 new CV ORs, and 2 new Cath labs. In 2023, we had 544 cardiac admissions to the PICU and 193 CV surgical cases.

Job Description

• Provide care for pediatric patients in a cardiac intensive care setting
• Manage post-operative care for complex and congenital heart patients
• Collaborate with a team of pediatric critical care physicians

Requirements

• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology
• Completed additional fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability and life insurance
• Excellent retirement plans
• Generous paid vacation days
• Paid holidays, paid CME, and malpractice insurance

Community Overview

Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a 243-bed pediatric tertiary care center with more than 30 medical and surgical specialties offering care throughout South Texas, including Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, Victoria, and Laredo. Through the vision and generosity of its founder, Clara Driscoll, Driscoll Children’s Hospital opened in 1953, becoming the first, and remains the only, free-standing children’s hospital in South Texas. In 2019, Driscoll had over 141,000 patient visits, including over 46,000 patients seen at South Texas' first emergency room created exclusively for children.

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