JOB DESCRIPTION

Shriners Children's, Galveston, TX, is engaged in providing the highest quality of care to children with burn injuries and orthopedic conditions, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. At Shriner's Children's, employees foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Collectively driven by compassion, family-centeredness, integrity, accountability, and resilience, the organization is recognized as a leader in pediatric specialty care for children.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The UTMB Department of Anesthesiology is seeking a highly motivated board-certified Pediatric Anesthesiologist to serve as the Medical Director of Anesthesia at Shriners Children's in Galveston. As the Medical Director of Anesthesia, you will be responsible for providing senior leadership at all levels including guiding and providing clinical care, coordinating care with other departments and services, disseminating communication to assigned staff, providing updates to executive level leadership, and ensuring smooth clinical operations. As an academic institution, the selected anesthesiologist will also mentor and teach residents, fellows, and medical students. Clinical activities are expected to be distributed at the Shriner's Hospital for Children (80%) and at UTMB (20%). The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, is a natural leader and change agent, is a proven innovator, and demonstrates the highest principles of clinical care.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• M.D. or D.O degree and a U.S. Anesthesia Residency.
• Valid State of Texas medical license.
• U.S. Citizenship or Employment Authorization to work in the U.S.
• ACLS Certification and up-to-date knowledge and specialty certification through the MOCA program.

SALARY:
Commensurate with experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.