Pediatric Critical Care Physician Opportunity

Location

Medical Center - Fort Worth

Department

PICU

Shift

Varying Shifts (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours

12

Summary

Cook Children’s Pediatric ICU, in Fort Worth, Texas, is currently recruiting for a PRN Pediatric Critical Care Specialist to join our Critical Care Medicine Department. Candidates must be board certified/eligible in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, be licensed/licensable to practice in Texas, and have superior clinical and interpersonal skills.

Our Level I Pediatric Intensive Care Unit consists of 49 PICU beds. The Intensivists provide 24/7 in-house coverage, partnered with experienced and highly engaged advanced practice providers. Our team admits more than 3200 patients per year, and over 25 pediatric subspecialties actively support the PICU. We care for a diverse patient population including kidney transplants, bone marrow transplants, and neurosurgical patients. We collaborate with the pediatric surgical team in care of trauma patients, and our hospital is designated a pediatric Level II trauma center. Cook Children’s hospital has an active ECMO program (VV and VA) and has consistently been named an ECMO Center of Excellence. We have an active Neuro ICU within our unit that admits approximately 600 patients per year. We have a dedicated Neurocritical Care service attended by each of our intensivists that includes daily rounds with Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neuroradiology, Rehabilitation Services and Critical Care. Of note, our Cardiac ICU is a separate department, and this position will not include clinical time in the Cardiac ICU.

Many on our team also staff our Pediatric ICU at Cook Children’s Prosper campus that has been open since 2023. This 10-bed ICU is part of a stand-alone hospital that admits over 1,000 patients per year. At this location, we also have support from an advanced practice provider along with consultation from a full range of pediatric subspecialists. Cook Children’s Prosper continues to increase its scope of care, offering 24-hour EEG monitoring, advanced respiratory support, and pursuing Level 3 trauma designation. Our physicians find that working in this PICU is gratifying given the consistent growth, opportunities for teaching staff, and ability to develop cohesiveness between the two campuses.

Cook Children’s primarily partners with TCU Burnett School of Medicine and UNT Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. While we frequently host 4th-year medical students for electives, the hospital generally has no residents or fellows. This allows for fulfilling, front-line provision of care from our intensivists and close collaboration with subspecialist attendings.

About Us

Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) is one of the country's leading vertically integrated pediatric health care organizations.

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.

Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.

Cook Children’s is a Texas-only employer. If you are hired, you will need to maintain your primary residence within the state of Texas, along with all licenses and credentials required for your position throughout your employment.