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Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Physician Curriculum Lead

Medical Education 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Physician Curriculum Lead

About CICONIX

CICONIX LLC is a Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in business advisory and technical assistance for military health programs. We value exceptional people, unwavering integrity, inclusive collaboration, and enduring impact.

Location(s): Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX (on-site)

Position Details

  • Full-time position
  • Regular weekly hours (Work hours can be between: 0800-1700 with 0800-1430 being core work hours)
  • No calls, nights, weekends, or holidays!
  • Full benefit program, including: health, PTO, and 401k + contribution

Requirements

  • MD/DO/PhD degree
  • Must be board certified
  • 5+ years of clinical practice; 3+ years of medical education experience

Summary

CICONIX is seeking an Physician Curriculum Lead to support The Joint Trauma System (JTS) a part of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) on-site in Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX.

About the Role

Provide Physician Lead support for the Mobile Training Team (MTT) assigned to the Valkyrie Course.

Serve as the senior clinical authority for mobile course delivery, ensuring medical accuracy, operational relevance, and instructional excellence in accordance with Joint Trauma System (JTS) clinical practice guidelines, DoD policies, and Service-specific requirements.

Serve as clinical lead for the Valkyrie Mobile Training Team, overseeing emergency trauma and EFWB training delivery.

  • Validate medical content and ensure alignment with JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines and DHA policy.
  • Provide oversight to Valkyrie Instructors during training execution and evaluation events.
  • Provide medical oversight for high-fidelity simulation and clinical scenario exercises.
  • Coordinate after-action reviews and generate readiness validation reports following training events.

Qualifications

Education:

MD/DO or equivalent with background in education/training, or senior Physician Assistant with PhD equivalent in training-related field. Must be board certified.

Experience

5+ years clinical practice; 3+ years medical education experience required.

Ability to integrate medical expertise and existing TCCC training platform into curriculum design, development, validation and accreditation; leadership and SME coordination across multiple services.

Deployed military medical experience required in tactical medicine with clinical trauma or critical care expertise applicable to austere settings (former SOF, flight surgeon, combat paramedic preferred).

Must be able to carry out the Physical Performance Requirements annotated in the workforce qualifications.

Security & Background Check

U.S. Citizenship and a successful background investigation are required.

Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Additional Requirements

Willingness to comply with the government vaccination requirements.

*This position is contingent and will begin upon contract award.

CICONIX LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. We E-Verify all employees.

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Curriculum Lead will serve as the senior clinical authority for the Valkyrie Mobile Training Team, ensuring medical accuracy and operational relevance in training delivery. They will oversee instructors, validate medical content against JTS guidelines, and provide medical oversight for high-fidelity simulation exercises.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Trauma careSimulation trainingDoD policy compliance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Curriculum Lead at Ciconix a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Physician roles — ranked against 22,259 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Medical Education — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$320k (376 salary observations; 3,307 listings), vs ~$308k nationally (10,681 salary observations; 61,630 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-11-01; 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)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score8.0 / 10 · top 10% in physician rolesranked against 22,259 Physician roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Texas vs national$320k median in Texas$308k nationally (+4%)376 state / 10,681 national salary observations
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Texas1,545 active22,305 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Physician listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (22,259 Physician roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); 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.

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Physician roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,259 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site
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About Ciconix

Business Consulting and Services
Annapolis, Maryland
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
PTO
401k with employer contribution