Opportunity: Pediatrician - Houston
 Opportunity Details
Opportunity Type: Permanent - Full Time
Specialty: Pediatric, General
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Region:
Job Position Code: 254510  
Openings: 1
Last Updated: 2/20/2023 12:49:14 PM  
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 Offer Details
Signing Bonus: Yes
Student Loan Forgiveness:

NHSC
Vacation: 10 Days
CME: 5 Paid Days Off, 1,500.00
Call Coverage: No Call Coverage
Other Benefits:

Benefits:

  • Health, Dental, Optical Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account, Company Paid Life Insurance
  • 401K with employer match up to 3%

 Job Description

In Houston, Texas, The Texas Association of Community Health Centers is seeking a full time Board Certified Pediatrician to provide care in the disciplines of general pediatrics by planning and caring out medical care programs for children, birth to adolescence, to aid in mental and physical growth and development. Examines patients to determine presence of disease and to establish preventative health practices, prescribes and administers medicals and immunizations and performs a variety of medical duties. 

Job Overview:

  • Assist the clinic manager in the evaluation and supervision of clinical and auxiliary staff.
  • The pediatrician will work closely with the Medical Director, Clinic Manager and other, appropriate staff and administration to identify, develop, and implement the comprehensive clinical services and preventive services.
  • Communicate with other providers and follow up patient care duties as necessary consistent with a group practice environment.
  • Supervises medical assistants and lab personnel in area of specific support services for patient care delivery. 
  • Attends Provider meetings and actively participates in the update of the Agency’s formulary.

No agencies, please. TACHC does not accept solicitations from outside recruitment agencies.

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 Job Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Must have a minimum of 2 years experience
  • Must have a valid license to practice in Texas and experience working in a high volume clinic environment.
  • Board Certified Required
  • Current PALS certification
    • Will consider new graduates
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred, but not required

 Client Overview

This center was founded in June 1994 as a community-based social service organization for Houston’s East End families with an initial focus on early childhood development and mental health services. Today, the organization has grown into a three-site community-based Federally Qualified Health Center focused on making the East End a healthy community through quality care that reaches the entire family, treating the whole person.

Services Provided:

  • Dental, Mental, & Prenatal, Adult and Pediatric primary care
  • Mental health services at each site
  • Nutrition classes for the whole family
  • Monthly shared medical visit groups for diabetic patients where patients can meet with the physician, nutritionist and nurse in one appointment
  • All services available in Spanish

This facility accepts all Medicaid/CHIP plans and offers a sliding fee scale discount program.
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 Contact Information
Contact: Marcia Falloure, Provider Services Specialist
Texas Association of Community Health Centers
5900 Southwest Parkway
Building 3
Austin, TX 78735
Email: mfalloure@tachc.org
Phone: (512) 329-5959
Fax: (512) 329-9189

 Practice Information
Number of physicians in group: 3
Practice Description :

Serving Houston’s East End community since 1994, an accomplished Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with four health centers and offers a comprehensive range of pediatric and adult health care services for the medically underserved and uninsured, which includes primary care, women’s health, dental care, and behavioral health services.  The center also provides ancillary services, such as case management and eligibility assistance, to help patients and their families overcome obstacles to accessing health care services.
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