Emergency Pediatrics - Physician

TeamHealth has an excellent opportunity for a full-time physician to join our pediatric emergency department team at El Paso Children's Hospital in El Paso, Texas.

El Paso Children's Hospital (EPCH) is a 122-bed teaching hospital with an annual pediatric volume of 25,000 patients and is associated with Texas Tech University. EPCH has the full spectrum of pediatric specialties including pediatric imaging, pediatric inpatient and outpatient infusion, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric operating rooms, pediatric critical care transport team and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit. El Paso Children's Hospital has over 30 sub-specialties and is always growing. We provide 24 hours of daily physician coverage and residents rotate through the ED. There is also a 24-hour Inpatient Pediatric Hospitalist program and the ED utilizes Cerner EMR.

We ask that you be board certified or board eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine to apply. Full-time employment equals 120 hours per month with an excellent compensation plan including health, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, 401K, and supplemental retirement plan. In joining TeamHealth, you become part of one of the nation's leading health care organizations that specializes in Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine and Specialty Medicine. For more than 30 years, we've honed every aspect needed to support our physicians so that you can do what you do best. This is an excellent opportunity to become a part of a dynamic and fast-growing area. El Paso, Texas, is consistently recognized as one of America's safest cities to live. TeamHealth is a physician-led organization that offers true career opportunity and excellent compensation and benefits, where we maintain progressive management and commitment to patient care. If you or someone you know is interested to learn more about this exciting opportunity, please contact us today.

Job Benefits

- Full-time employment equals 120 hours per month
- Sign-on bonus
- Excellent compensation plan
- 401K and supplemental retirement plan
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage provided
- Advanced practice clinician coverage at facility
- Sub-specialty back-up provided

About the Community

The county seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso lies in far West Texas with a population estimate of 674,433, making it the 19th most populous city in the U.S. The city's U.S. metropolitan area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth counties, with a population of 831,036, and the El Paso metropolitan statistical area has a population of 1,044,496. Standing on the Rio Grande, El Paso is across the U.S./Mexico border from Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and the two cities, along with Las Cruces, form a combined international metropolitan area, sometimes referred as the Paso del Norte or El Paso-Juarez-Las Cruces, with over 2.7 million people. The El Paso-Juarez region is the largest bilingual, bi-national work force in the Western Hemisphere. The El Paso region has had human settlement for thousands of years, so the city is loaded with history and historic places. Also geographically interesting, the Franklin Mountains extend into El Paso from the north and nearly divide the city into two sections: the west side forming the beginnings of the Mesilla Valley and the east side expanding into the desert and lower valley. At an elevation of 3,800 feet above sea level, with the highest peak in the city being North Franklin Mountain at 7,192 feet above sea level, El Paso is also home to the 24,000-acre Franklin Mountains State Park, the largest urban park in the United States.