Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Hospitalist) - Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School

Emergency MedicineIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · 7 on / 7 off

7 on / 7 off: every day of your on-week (including its weekend), then a full week off.

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Job Description

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, invites applications for a full-time Assistant/Associate Professor (Hospitalist) position in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Responsibilities as a member of the Hospitalist Team will include providing:

7-on/7-off block schedule: seven consecutive clinical days followed by seven days of non-clinical time.

Clinical Care

Provide high-quality, evidence-based care to acutely hospitalized adults at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, serving as attending of record on teaching and non-teaching services.

Supervise residents, medical students, and advanced practice providers where assigned.

Share night and weekend coverage equitably with fellow clinical faculty, with some night support provided by our nocturnist team.

Participate in geographic rounding to support our subspecialty services, with opportunities in both supervisory (teaching) and independent (non-teaching) general medicine roles based on your interests and the Division’s needs.

Collaborate with nursing, case management, pharmacy, and subspecialty teams to support safe, timely, patient-centered care and efficient throughput.

Education

Teach medical students and residents at the bedside, in didactic conferences, seminars, lectures, and case presentations.

  • Participate in Departmental meetings and teaching conferences.
  • Serve as a role model for professionalism, communication, leadership, and clinical reasoning, and mentor learners, junior colleagues, and clinical staff.
  • Quality, systems, and leadership
  • Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and interdisciplinary performance improvement programs, including follow-up on patient and family concerns.
  • Identify patient and family needs and help develop new programs or services to meet them.
  • Work with UTHealth and hospital leadership to define Division direction and achieve goals in length of stay, throughput, and care transitions.
  • Serve on or chair committees and workgroups as appropriate.

Scholarship and Professional Growth

  • Pursue scholarly activity (QI, medical education, clinical research, or other) and support the Division’s education and research mission.
  • Maintain professional growth through seminars, workshops, current literature, and professional affiliations.

Qualifications

  • Texas Medical License or eligibility for licensure in Texas.
  • Board-certified or eligible.

Key Responsibilities

The hospitalist will provide high-quality, evidence-based clinical care to acutely hospitalized adults and supervise residents, medical students, and advanced practice providers. Additionally, the role involves participating in quality improvement programs, teaching, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient patient care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

MentoringEvidence-based medicineInterdisciplinary collaboration

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 88% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Emergency Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedEmergency Medicine median $275k (middle half $203k–$395k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Emergency Medicine listings in Texas59 active1,060 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 88% no call · 45% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas physician listings (all specialties): 21% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Emergency Medicine hiring demand#1 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 63 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 325 postings, 316 closed
New Emergency Medicine listings497 in the last 30 days442 the 30 days before (+12%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Emergency Medicine Jobs

29 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

28 jobs · 14 employers
5
<$300k
2
$300k-350k
15
$350k
6
$365k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 14 employers
401k / retirement match
75%
Sign-on bonus
32%
CME allowance
32%
Relocation assistance
14%
Loan repayment
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,046 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$243k
Typical market rent
$1,544/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.