Provides comprehensive pediatric care from infancy through adolescence, including diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and injuries, growth monitoring, preventive services, and immunizations. Requires an MD or DO, Texas licensure, and board certification or eligibility. Newborn nursery experience is preferred. The position is per diem and based at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic locations throughout the Houston area.
Requisition Number: 2393316
Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Highlights:
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Pediatricians provide care from birth to early adulthood and are concerned with the health of infants, children, and teenagers. They specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ailments specific to young people and track their patients' growth to adulthood. Most of the work of pediatricians, however, involves treating day-to-day illnesses that are common to children, such as minor injuries and infectious diseases and providing preventative health services like immunizations. Because Kelsey-Seybold has been growing up with Houston, you'll now find 46 Kelsey-Seybold pediatricians and 1 pediatric hospitalist (doctor who cares for hospitalized patients) at 20 convenient locations throughout the area.
Kelsey-Seybold's specialists in Pediatrics care for children from infancy through the teen years. You'll find a Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician in locations near Bellaire and the Galleria and in neighborhoods throughout Clear Lake, Cypress, Fort Bend, Humble, Katy, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Spring, The Vintage and The Woodlands.
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $237,500, to $384,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Highlights:
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic's Pediatricians provide care from birth to early adulthood and are concerned with the health of infants, children, and teenagers. They specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of ailments specific to young people and track their patients' growth to adulthood. Most of the work of pediatricians, however, involves treating day-to-day illnesses that are common to children, such as minor injuries and infectious diseases and providing preventative health services like immunizations. Because Kelsey-Seybold has been growing up with Houston, you'll now find 46 Kelsey-Seybold pediatricians and 1 pediatric hospitalist (doctor who cares for hospitalized patients) at 20 convenient locations throughout the area.
Kelsey-Seybold's specialists in Pediatrics care for children from infancy through the teen years. You'll find a Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician in locations near Bellaire and the Galleria and in neighborhoods throughout Clear Lake, Cypress, Fort Bend, Humble, Katy, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Spring, The Vintage and The Woodlands.
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Medical Degree (MD, DO)
- Licensed in the State of Texas
- Board Certified and/or Board Eligible
Preferred Qualifications:
- Newborn nursery experience
Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $237,500, to $384,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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