Description

Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) has an exciting new opportunity for a comprehensive ophthalmologist to join our team and play a key role in expanding our hospital-based Ophthalmology practice on the Downtown Dallas campus.

Features of the Position:

• Opportunity to help develop and expand our Ophthalmology service line at Baylor University Medical Center

• General ophthalmology with opportunities to incorporate surgical and refractive procedures

• Primarily outpatient-focused with some inpatient consults

• Employed position through HealthTexas Provider Network (HTPN) the multispecialty medical group affiliated with Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas-Fort Worth

• Located on the campus of Baylor Univeristy Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center and flagship tertiary/quaternary care hospital

• Integrated access to multidisciplinary specialty support in a collaborative environment

• Unified EPIC electronic health record (EHR) system across the entire Baylor Scott & White network

• Opportunities for teaching and academic involvement with residents, fellows, and medical students from Texas A&M School of Medicine

Baylor University Medical Center

As the flagship referral center of Baylor Scott & White Health - North Texas, Baylor University Medical Center is the Level I Trauma Center, and one of the largest not-for-profit hospitals in the state. We are nationally recognized for quality and excellence, with U.S. News & World Report ranking BUMC among the country's top 50 hospitals in gastroenterology (#31), cancer (#44), pulmonology and lung surgery (#31), obstetrics and gynecology (#39), and orthopedics (#44).

Baylor University Medical Center is also a major academic teaching hospital, training over 330 residents and fellows across 40+ programs and serving as a clinical campus for the Texas A&M School of Medicine, where more than 200 medical students receive hands-on education each year.

About Us

Baylor Scott and White Health (BSWH) is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the State of Texas and one of the largest in the United States. Serving a large and diverse population across North and Central Texas, BSWH has the vision and resources to provide its patients continued quality care while creating a model system for a dramatically changing health care environment. The BSWH system includes 52 hospitals, 1,300 health care sites, over 7,200 active physicians, over 57,000 employees, plus a state certified Health Maintenance Organization, the Scott and White Health Plan (Health Plan), and Baylor Quality Health Care Alliance LLC (BSWQA) - a high performing network of clinical providers and facilities focused on improving quality, managing the health of patient populations, and reducing the overall cost of care.

BSWH includes a robust spectrum of owned, operated, ventured and affiliated hospitals; satellite outpatient clinics; free standing ambulatory surgery centers; free standing emergency medical centers; free standing imaging centers; numerous retail pharmacies; and geographically dispersed physician's clinics in the North Texas and Central Texas regions.

Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree in Medicine

• Licensed to Practice Medicine in the state of Texas by the Texas Medical Board

• Where Applicable- Employee shall be currently board certified in his or her specialty or demonstrate active pursuit of board certification as defined by the appropriate specialty board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialist