The Department of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) is seeking a fourth board certified or board eligible Pediatric Endocrinologist (req# 19430BR). The candidate will join a practice with three other endocrinologists.
Provide outpatient and inpatient service at Covenant Children’s Hospital, a free-standing children’s hospital and University Medical Center (UMC).
Participate in the activities of the Texas Tech University School of Medicine Cancer Center
Teach and mentor with the 24 pediatric residents.
This opportunity offers a mix of 80% clinic and hospital work, and 20% teaching and research.
The Department of Pediatrics strives to provide the highest standard of medical care for its patients, ensure excellence in the education of medical students and resident physicians, and serve as an advocate for pediatric health issues throughout the region and state. Other Pediatric Sub-Specialty Services include: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Intensive Care, Pulmonology, Radiology, Surgery, and Urology. Ancillary services include: hospice care, child life therapy, social work, physical and occupational therapy, and music therapy.
Our physicians enjoy a generous benefits package including competitive salary, relocation expenses, and CME/professional development (AAP dues paid by department). Faculty participation in regional and national organizations is supported and encouraged.
Lubbock is a family-friendly community offering a mild climate, low cost of living, and high-quality public and private schools. Lubbock and the surrounding communities comprise a population of almost a quarter of a million year-round residents. With multiple universities and professional schools, there are diverse entertainment and leisure opportunities to accommodate any tastes.
Apply here (req#19430BR): https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5281#jobDetails=477266_5281
For questions, please contact Faculty Recruiter, Sarah.Harris@ttuhsc.edu
As an EEO/AA employer, the Texas Tech University System and its components will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.
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Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: 19430BR
About Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Independent since 1969
Like Texas itself, we are an independent and proud institution that is part of a larger union, the Texas Tech University System. As a university separate from Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has been entrusted with a singular charge: to teach the next generation of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, researchers and health care professionals while simultaneously providing the people of West Texas with world-class patient care. We are both an institution of higher learning and a place where people come for life-saving medical care.
The growing institution has campuses in Lubbock, Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Midland and Odessa. More than 10,000 health care professionals have been trained within TTUHSC’s five schools (medicine, nursing, biomedical sciences, health professions, and pharmacy), and it continues to meet the health care needs of the 2.5 million people who live throughout a vast 108 counties stretching from the Texas Panhandle south to the Permian Basin and west into Eastern New Mexico.
We have established ourselves as a leader in education and patient care and are building a top-ranked resea...rch environment with significant studies underway in areas such as aging, cancer, reproduction, genetic diseases, and rural health.
The AAMC has ranked Texas Tech #1 in faculty satisfaction (Promotion & Tenure, Transparency, Women's satisfaction in the workplace)
Top 10% in the U.S. for diversity
TTUHSC Graduating Medical students are in the top 15%
Clinical Research institute available to faculty-Biostatisticians, research nurses
Collaboration with two local hospital systems, including a free-standing Children's Hospital
