Baylor College of Medicine and Department Summary:

CHRISTUS Children's, a world-class 240-bed freestanding children's hospital in San Antonio, serves as a focal point for pediatric services throughout the community. In 2013, CHRISTUS Health finalized an agreement partnering with Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) to recruit, employ, and oversee physicians and advanced practice providers at CHRISTUS Children's.

Baylor College of Medicine ( www.bcm.edu ) is recognized as one of the nation's premier academic health science centers and is known for excellence in education, research, healthcare, and community service. BCM is currently associated with multiple educational, healthcare, and research affiliates.

Summary

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine seeks to recruit a OB/GYN physician for the OB/GYN Division at CHRISTUS Children's. The position will be recruited at the Assistant, Associate or Professor rank based on experience and qualifications.

Job Duties
Responsibilities will be assigned by the Chair of the Department of OB/Gyn or Division Chief and may be altered in response to changing Departmental and Division needs. This position will be fully clinical with the amount being later negotiable with the Division Chief and Chair should new administrative, research, and/or educational responsibilities occur. Specific duties include but are not limited to:

• Prompt assessment of all patients presenting to the hospital, including patients presenting to the OB emergency room.
• Management of labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum care of all patients admitted to the hospital.
• Admission, management, and discharge of antepartum patients.
• Provide medical and/or surgical management of ectopic pregnancy and early pregnancy loss.
• Participate in and actively support the quality and safety programs of the hospital.
• Participate in and actively support committee activities of the hospital.
• Provide updates and clear communication between nursing and Ob/Gyn physicians.
• Organize post-acute care for Ob/Gyn patients in the outpatient setting when appropriate.
• Appropriately bill all provided services.
• Work in outpatient setting in collaboration with Certified Nurse Midwives
• Physicians are not assigned clinical or divisional responsibilities post-call
• Applicants should be competent in operative vaginal delivery, vaginal delivery of twins, the medical and surgical management of obstetric hemorrhage, and general procedural and operative gynecology.