Academic Hospitalist

About the Role

Join UT Southwestern Medical Center as an Academic Hospitalist in Dallas, Texas. This full-time position offers a hybrid schedule with 50% day shifts and 50% night shifts, providing diverse clinical experiences at a leading academic institution. You will provide direct patient care on med-surg units and play a critical role in teaching and mentoring residents and medical students.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional clinical care to a high-complexity patient population on med-surg level units.
• Day shifts: rounding on general ward patients or admitting new patients.
• Night shifts: primarily admitting hospital medicine patients and patients on behalf of other medical services.
• Teach and mentor internal medicine residents and medical students.
• Collaborate with advanced practice providers in a shared visit model during some weeks.
• No procedures and closed ICUs.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Eligible for Texas medical licensure.
• Board certified or eligible in Internal Medicine.

Benefits & Compensation

• PPO medical plan available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage.
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare with no copay.
• Paid Time Off available day one.
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit.
• Wellness programs.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer.

Work Schedule

• 7 days on/7 days off with 12-hour shifts.
• 175 shifts per year.
• Alternate between day and night shifts every 4 weeks.
• Day shifts mostly 12 hours with no overnight pager call.
• Night shifts are staggered.
• Guarantee of either Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day off every year (usually alternating years).