Job Summary
Job Description
Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center at Texas Children’s Hospital – McAllen, TX
Texas Children’s Hospital seeks an experienced physician with a proven clinical track record to serve The Vannie Cook Clinic in McAllen, TX as an attending Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist.
The mission of the Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children’s Cancer and Hematology Clinic is to provide treatment to children in South Texas who suffer from cancer and blood disorders regardless of their ability to pay. It is the region’s first state-of-the-art pediatric hematology/oncology clinic and the only comprehensive pediatric cancer treatment facility in South Texas. Since 2001, 10,000 families have found the care they need right where they need it most, in their own backyard.
Texas Children’s provides trusted care to children, adolescents, and women. We are proud to offer support, resources, education, and tools to help providers and their staff deliver the best patient care possible. Texas Children’s Hospital Network is the largest in the nation, administering primary, specialty, urgent, and emergency medical care in more than 40 pediatric and women’s health subspecialties. Professionals throughout the world refer many of their most challenging patients to Texas Children’s, creating a rich and unique learning environment for our teams. Our physicians use cutting-edge methodologies and access state of the art resources to deliver quality care to Texas Children’s patients.
Job Responsibilities
• Works as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage care of Hematology/Oncology patients.
• Attends to patient/nursing needs on admitted inpatients.
• Assists with the care of new admissions.
• Global health opportunity.
• Attend on the inpatient clinical service including participation in the call rotation for inpatient and answering service queries on nights and weekends.
• Perform procedures (bone marrow aspirate/biopsy and lumbar puncture) on the procedure team.
Qualifications
• An academic record consistent with appointment as an assistant or associate professor is desired given TCH’s affiliation with Baylor. However, this is NOT required for this position.
• Applicants must have a Medical School Degree or equivalent.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible for Pediatric Hematology Oncology.
• The selected candidate for the position must be eligible to obtain or already hold an active Texas medical license.
• Preferred: Fluent in Spanish