What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician - Pediatrics position at Kelsey-Seybold?
Overview
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 600 physicians and allied health professionals practice at 31 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in 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, 19 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure web portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved the coveted 5-out-of-5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for six consecutive years.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.
Responsibilities
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic’s Pediatricians provide care from birth to early adulthood and are concerned with the health of infants, children, and teenagers. They specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ailments specific to young people and track their patients’ growth to adulthood. Most of the work of pediatricians, however, involves treating day-to-day illnesses that are common to children, such as minor injuries and infectious diseases and providing preventative health services like immunizations. Because Kelsey-Seybold has been growing up with Houston, you'll now find 46 Kelsey-Seybold pediatricians and 1 pediatric hospitalist (doctor who cares for hospitalized patients) at 20 convenient locations throughout the area.
Kelsey-Seybold's specialists in Pediatrics care for children from infancy through the teen years. You'll find a Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician in locations near Bellaire and the Galleria and in neighborhoods throughout Clear Lake, Cypress, Fort Bend, Humble, Katy, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Spring, The Vintage and The Woodlands.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other assignments, projects and duties may be required:
Experience:
- Newborn nursery experience preferred.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an approved training program in the United States.
- Licensed in the State of Texas.
- Board Certified and/or Board Eligible.