Location:

Lubbock Regional Specialty Clinic

Department:

Lubbock Gastroenterology

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Standard Weekly Hours:

40

Summary:

Cook Children's Physician Network has a great opportunity for a board certified/board eligible Pediatric Gastroenterologist to join a thriving practice in Lubbock, Texas.

Qualifications: •Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) required. •American Heart Association BLS and PALS. • Unrestricted Texas Medical license (must obtain prior to start date). •Must have successfully completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Medical Association (AMA) approved residency for pediatrics. •Board certified/Board Eligible in their specialty area.

Cook Children27s offers competitive compensation, malpractice coverage, health and dental insurance, and an excellent retirement program. With over 1000 pediatric primary care, pediatric subspecialty physicians, and advanced practice providers in its network, CCPN is one of America's strongest pediatric group practices. Physicians receive a full range of practice support including delegated credentialing and integrated managed care contracting.

Covenant Children27sis part ofCovenant Health, and its parentProvidence-St Joseph Health, which has a history of over 100 years of service to the West Texas/Panhandle Plains and eastern New Mexico region. Covenant Children27s is a 275 bed facility and is the only licensed freestanding children's hospital in the area. CCH operates a level IV NICU and is verified as the only level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the region. CCH is also a regional provider of high risk maternal care. CCH has over 175 physicians on medical staff, representing nearly all major pediatric subspecialties (neurosurgery, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, ENT and ENT trauma, Endocrine, Infectious Diseases, Hem-Onc, Pulmonology, Adolescent Medicine, among others).

CCH plays an active role in the West Texas/Panhandle Plains region27s provision of pediatric care via partnerships with regional facilities, primarily in the Midland and Odessa area via providing pediatric hospitalist services for two hospitals. CCH has also begun to partner with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. Historically, CCH has a close relationship with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, with CCH acting as the primary teaching site for pediatric education for the Health Sciences Center. Each year CCH trains approximately 24 pediatric residents, with many provider27s also serving as faculty of TTUHSC, engaging in academic teaching, and/or research.

Cook Children27s offers competitive compensation, malpractice coverage, health and dental insurance, and an excellent retirement program. With over 1000 pediatric primary care, pediatric subspecialty physicians, and advanced practice providers in its network, CCPN is one of America's strongest pediatric group practices. Physicians receive a full range of practice support including delegated credentialing and integrated managed care contracting.