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

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

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

Our evening and overnight coverage offers scheduling options beyond a traditional 7-on/7-off block.

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.