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Cook Children's (in Fort Worth, TX) is accepting applications for a half-time (.50 FTE) inpatient pediatric hospitalist physician to join our hospitalist group at Cook Children's Medical Center. The group attends both to patients without assigned staff physicians, as well as, patients from the majority of local primary care physicians who now choose to use the hospitalist service when inpatient care for their patients becomes necessary. The group also provides bedside pediatric teaching to both medical students and PL3 family practice residents.

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) required
• Must have successfully completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Medical Association (AMA) approved residency for pediatrics
• Board certified/Board Eligible in Pediatrics
• Unrestricted Texas Medical license (must obtain prior to start date).
• American Heart Association BLS Certified

Cook Children's Health Care System is one of the country's leading vertically-integrated pediatric health care organizations. Cook Children's represents an award-winning, not-for-profit system of seamless health care designed to fulfill our Promise; "Knowing that every child's life is sacred, it is the Promise of Cook Children's to improve the health of every child through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury." Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Cook Children's primary referral region includes Collin, Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties, and the integrated system has more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care offices throughout Texas, and has served hundreds of international patients, as well as those from all 50 states. Cook Children's Health Care System is comprised of a medical center, physician network, home health company, pediatric surgery center, health plan, Child Study Center, Health Services, Inc., and health foundation.

The medical center has 477 pediatric beds and treats infants, children, teens and young adult patients ages 0-21 throughout Texas, as well as nationally and internationally. At nearly 1.6 million square feet, the campus serves as the main site of Cook Children's Health Care System. This includes the medical center, Dodson specialty clinics and north and south inpatient towers. In addition to the main Fort Worth campus, other Cook Children's locations include multiple regional specialty clinics, urgent care centers, neighborhood clinics, primary care offices, surgery centers and home health offices. In 2019, Cook Children's expanded to provide services to families in Prosper, Texas. To date, services offered include primary care, ambulatory surgery, urgent care, specialty care, imaging and outpatient laboratory services. Cook Children's Prosper Medical Center opened in 2023.

Cook Children's was named #1 in Health Care on Forbes 2024 "America's Best Large Employers" list! We invite you to join our nationally recognized health care system and be a part of creating a unique pediatric health care experience from the ground up. We are one of the nation's premier private children's health care systems and have consistently been ranked by U.S. News and World Report within the top 50 Best Children's Hospitals. One of Cook Children's Medical Center's most prestigious awards is being Magnet designated, the international gold standard of nursing excellence, four consecutive times. This makes the medical center the first free standing, pediatric hospital in North Texas, and the 10th in the world, to receive this prestigious designation.

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About Cook Children's:

Our not-for-profit organization is comprised of a flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, a new medical center in Prosper, Texas, a physician network, home health company, surgery centers, health plan, health services, and health foundation. With more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care locations throughout Texas, families can access our top-ranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child. Cook Children's is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.

At Cook Children's, we're more than a health care system--we're your friends, neighbors and even family members. And we're parents too, so we can see the world through your eyes. We see what you're going through--and how we can help you and your child get the best care and support possible.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.