Pediatrics - Critical Care (Instructor)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7303158 (Ref:21013-en_US)
Posted: March 11, 2025
Job Description
Summary
The section of critical care medicine in the department of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine is pleased to announce a 1-year clinical instructor position to focus on critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The mission is to provide focused training and scholarship opportunities to Pediatric Critical Care Board Eligible/Certified physicians in the management of critically ill patients with severe respiratory and/or cardiac failure who require some form of mechanical support. Learning opportunities will be broad and include attention to cannulation, anti-coagulation, adult modalities, and general advanced medical management.
Texas Children's Hospital is a leading academic children's hospital and is the largest free-standing children's hospital in the nation. We recently opened a state-of-the art expansion tower, which is home to our intensive care units, new high intensity operating rooms, and the entire TCH Heart Center. There are currently 132 ICU beds in our new Legacy Tower, admitting more than 6,000 critically ill children annually. The patient population includes all the pediatric sub-specialties including cardiac, solid organ transplant, trauma, oncology, pulmonary hypertension, and neuro-critical care.
Requirements: Texas Licensure required prior to beginning employment. Eligible candidates must be board certified in Pediatrics and Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pediatric Critical Care
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
