Physician - Infectious Disease

Job ID: 6818 Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary:

The Infectious Disease Physician serves as a consultant to other physicians for patients with infectious diseases in an outpatient and/or hospital setting. The Infectious Disease is expert in history taking, physical examination, test interpretation, patient counseling and differential diagnosis and medical therapeutics.

Accountable to the Associate Medical Specialty Director, for assuring the most effective delivery of care while meeting and exceeding compliance standards.

The physician will have responsibility and decision- making for the overall conduct of Infectious Disease diagnosis and treatment of patient related issues in the outpatient setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following and other assignments, projects and duties may be required:

• Supervision and management (where appropriate) of patients transitioning from hospital to out-patient care
• Initiation and Supervision of home IV therapies.
• Antibiotic stewardship in conjunction with P&T committee
• Continuity outpatient clinics
• Virtual health as pertains to Infectious Diseases
  1. Availability for telephone and E-consults during regular business hours
  2. Virtual visits
  3. Telephone consults
  4. Virtual consults
• Video curbside consults
• Indirect patient care: returning telephone calls, responding to patient emails, reviewing and renewing prescriptions, reviewing laboratory and imaging data, communicating results to patients, and implementing improved quality in systems delivery.
• Supervision of ID purchased services
• Education of clinical staff regarding infectious disease diagnosis and treatment
• Liaison with Wound Care
• Liaison with Medical Director of Hospital Services
• Regular meetings with Associate Medical Directors
• Office hours to meet demand- time and location to be determined

License and Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine or Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
• BC Infectious Disease
• Current DEA certification
• Unrestricted Texas medical license

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts H-1B Visas

About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 700 physicians and allied health professionals practice at 40+ locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging and diagnostics, 19 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure web portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved the coveted 5-out-of-5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for six consecutive years.

About Kelsey- Seybold Clinic

HOUSTON’S LEADER IN PATIENT CARE

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston’s finest private multispecialty physician group is a leading innovator in preventative medicine and ambulatory services, encompassing some 65 different specialties and sub-specialties. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic was founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center.

A Houston tradition in patient-centered care, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is a multispecialty clinic with over 40+ locations and comprised of more than 700 physicians providing primary and specialty care in a collaborative manner. We treat more than 500,000 patients utilizing innovative technology and teamwork, including members of managed care plans and employer groups.
When you join Kelsey-Seybold Clinic you become part of an established, physician-led healthcare organization structured as a multispecialty group practice, supported by collegial and collaborative environments. Our doctors are salaried employees who share their skill, knowledge and inspiration through integrated teamwork for the good of our patients.

Unlike other organizations, Kelsey-Seybold physicians have the opportunity for ownership in the Medical Group, as well as in The Kelsey-Seybold Management Company. The ownership path is clear and straight forward. A Kelsey-Seybold Physician is typically eligible for ownership after three years of employment, board certification and demonstrated good citizenship. The result is an extraordinary, broad-based, and diverse physician-led organization.

When you join Kelsey-Seybold, you become part of an established, physician-owned and led multispecialty group practice with a 70-year legacy of caring for patients.
72 physicians hold leadership positions Compensation & Ownership
56% of our physicians are shareholders
Average physician tenure is 11 years
Physician-led board of managers
Physician-driven initiatives

HOUSTON LIFESTYLE & LOCATIONS

As the 4th largest city in the U.S., Houston, Texas is a leader in health care, business, entertainment, arts and the world renowned Texas Medical Center. From professional sports to outdoor fun, out-of-this-world space experience and incredible dining – it’s all here! Stroll the beaches of Galveston or challenge yourself on one of our many golf courses. Houston offers everything from breathtaking museum exhibits to vibrant downtown entertainment. Houston is a city of infinite possibilities.