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Houston, Texas

Physician Pulmonary Critical Care - Kelsey Seybold Clinic - North Houston Campus

Critical Care MedicineFull-Time

Listed compensation

$279k-$558k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care.

As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

General Role Description

Our Pulmonary Medicine team at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic provides diagnoses and management of all general disorders of the respiratory system. Conditions may include shortness of breath, lung cancer, pneumonia and other lung infections, emphysema, COPD, asthma, sleep disorders related to breathing disturbances, occupational lung disease, liver-related lung disease and drug-related pulmonary disorders. For this specific position, you would specialize in adult pulmonary care.

What Makes an Optum Career Different?

  • Be part of a best-in-class employee experience that enables you to practice at the top of your license
  • We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients

We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations

Practice medicine autonomously, with the support, not restrictions, of a sustainable and thriving national health care organization

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

  • Medical Degree (MD, DO)
  • Accredited Residency training
  • Licensed or willing to be licensed in the State of Texas
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $279,000-557,500. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide diagnosis and management for a wide range of respiratory system disorders, including COPD, lung cancer, and sleep-related breathing disturbances. They will work within a multi-specialty team to drive high-quality care and patient satisfaction at the North Houston campus.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Medical Degree (MD or DO) and have completed accredited residency training. Applicants are required to be Board Certified or Board Eligible and must be licensed or willing to obtain a license in the State of Texas.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Critical carePatient managementLung cancer treatmentCOPD managementAsthma treatmentClinical practiceCoordinated care

Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 95% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$304k (443 salary observations; 2,917 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,841 salary observations; 57,044 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$418k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $431k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$418k midpoint, that is roughly $17k–$29k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
18%
Sign-on bonus
3% this job
Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 3.0
Better work-life than 60% of Critical Care Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 227 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$245k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,542/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution