Opportunity: Pediatrician - Texarkana
 Opportunity Details
Opportunity Type: Permanent - Full Time
Specialty: Pediatric, General
Location: Texarkana, TX, USA
Region: South , Rural
Job Position Code: 224266  
Openings: 2
Last Updated: 1/28/2019 4:51:01 PM  
J1/H1B Visa? No

 Offer Details
Income Details:

Salary negotiable based on experience

Incentive Pay: Volume incentive
Signing Bonus: $20,000 with a 2 year contract commitment
Student Loan Forgiveness:

NHSC

Relocation Paid: Yes, $10,000 reimbursed
Vacation: 6 paid holidays, 14 days of vacation in the 1st year
CME: 5 paid days off and $2,500 reimbursement for CME expenses
Call Coverage: Hospital call is required
Other Benefits:

Benefits:

  • Health, Life, Dental, and Optical Insurance provided
  • $20,000 Sign on bonus with a 2 year commitment available!
  • Relocation: $10,000 reimbursed expenses
  • Incentive Pay: Volume incentive of $45 per patrient encounter of 4,000 patient encounters per year
  • Sick leave
  • 6 paid holidays, 14 days of vacation in the 1st year
  • 5 paid days off and $2,500 reimbursement for CME expenses
  • Retirement offered
  • 403B Match
  • FTCA Malpractice Coverage

*Eligible providers may apply to NHSC for loan repayment


 Job Description

In Texarkana, TX: Texas Association of Community Health Centers is seeking a full-time Pediatrician to work in a growing clinic on the Texas side of Texarkana. Physician must be licensed to practice medicine in both Texas and Arkansas.

Job Overview:

  • Patient care is offered as a team approach that is highly patient focused
  • Care is offered in a manner that provides dignity and respect to every patient regardless of ability to pay
  • Clinics are nicely decorated and well-kept to allow patients of all walks of life and socioeconomic status to recognize their value
  • Seeking physicians and other providers that are passionate about quality patient care
  • Practice is highly focused on Quality Reporting and appropriate documentation
  • EHR: E Clinical Works

For more information or to apply for this position, please contact us at 512-329-5959 or apply directly online

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

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 Job Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Completion of a Medical Degree from an accredited school of medicine and completion of approved post- graduate training
  • Board certified in Pediatrics
  • Unrestricted Texas and Arkansas license (currently licensed or license pending)
  • Ability to be credentialed per major hospital system policies and procedures
  • Current DEA Certification
  • Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for Healthcare Professionals Certification
  • Must be eligible for liability coverage under the Federal Torts Claims Act
  • Spanish preferred but not required
Come join us in Texarkana!
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Community Overview

Texarkana is a unique community sitting on the Texas and Arkansas border. Texarkana Texas and Texarkana Arkansas are two distinct cities with a combined population of approximately 143,000 residents. It is situated at the intersection of Interstate 30 and Hwy 49 approximately halfway between Dallas, Texas and Little Rock, Arkansas. It is approximately a 2.5 commute to Dallas or Little Rock. Texarkana Regional Airport is located inside the northeastern city limits and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport. Culture and Education Notable historical buildings in Texarkana include the post office and federal building that straddle the state line, the Ace of Clubs House, The Perot Theater, and Texarkana Regional Museum. The Aces of Clubs House is shaped like a club on a playing card and supposedly inspired by a winning poker hand. The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra was established in 2005, providing the community with several professional concerts of classical music every year. In 2007, the Texarkana Youth Symphony Orchestra was established, presenting spring and winter concerts. Texarkana College, a community college whose origins date to 1927, enrolls more than four thousand annually. In 1971, East Texas State University began offering classes at the campus, an institution that later became Texas A&M University–Texarkana. Texas A&M University-Texarkana has constructed a large campus at Bringle Lake. Historically an upperclassmen and graduate institution, in 2010, TAMU-T began accepting freshmen and sophomores. In 2011 the first residence hall, Bringle Lake Village, opened on campus. A branch of the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT), based in Hope, Arkansas, opened in Texarkana in 2012, and in 2015 UALR Texarkana, a branch of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, began offering bachelor's-degree programs on the Texarkana campus of UAHT.

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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 :

Busy FQHC needing a Pediatrician with a caring personality. This clinic houses 5 Family Practice Providers, 3 Pediatric providers, 1 Dentist and 5 Behavioral Health providers offering patient care with a team approach. Hospital call is required with less than 5 admissions over the last year. Board certification is required.

If you are interested in learning more, or if you have knowledge of an individual who may be seeking an excellent practice opportunity, please contact us.