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Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHSC) in Fort Worth, Texas, has a dynamic opportunity for a full-time board eligible/board certified Pediatric Urologist. The successful candidate will join a growing, high functioning interdisciplinary team which includes a unique blend of pediatric urologists, nurse practitioners, social work, psychology and child life specialists.
 

Together this team has performed over 2,500 cases per year and 12,000 office visits in various clinic locations within the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and the great north Texas region from Lubbock to Amarillo to Tyler to Waco.  This unique coverage has allowed us to develop strong bonds with both rural and urban communities’ health care providers and families.  These same communities also benefit from several multi-disciplinary clinics we have established to address some of the most complicated medical conditions to include Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD), Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Bladder Exstrophy (BE), Renal Transplant, Spina Bifida and Oncology/Onc Fertility.
 

Opportunity Highlights

• Da Vinci XI Robot in OR.  Primarily for Pediatric Urology.
• 17 OR Suites
• 3 Surgical Centers (2 with Investment Opportunity)
• Comprehensive Video Urodynamics Suite in Clinic
• Travel by Private Jet to Satellite Regional Clinics in North and West Texas

Call duties are primarily on the main hospital campus with occasional call help for adult facilities. Our integrated physician network is comprised of over 500 pediatric specialty and primary care physicians. Investment potential in a nearby Cook Children’s surgery center. Compensation is very competitive and includes call stipends.

Qualifications: Candidates must be board certified in pediatrics and BE/BC in Urology and eligible to secure an unrestricted Texas Medical License.

Cook Children’s Health Care System is one of the country’s leading vertically integrated pediatric health care organizations. Cook Children’s represents an award-winning, not-for-profit system of seamless health care designed to fulfill our Promise; “Knowing that every child’s life is sacred, it is the Promise of Cook Children’s to improve the health of every child through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.” Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Cook Children’s primary referral region includes Collin, Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties, and the integrated system has more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care offices throughout Texas, and has served hundreds of international patients, as well as those from all 50 states. Cook Children’s Health Care System is comprised of a medical center, physician network, home health company, pediatric surgery center, health plan, Child Study Center, Health Services, Inc., and health foundation.

The medical center has 477 pediatric beds and treats infants, children, teens and young adult patients ages 0-21 throughout Texas, as well as nationally and internationally. At nearly 1.6 million square feet, the campus serves as the main site of Cook Children’s Health Care System. This includes the medical center, Dodson specialty clinics and north and south inpatient towers. In addition to the main Fort Worth campus, other Cook Children’s locations include multiple regional specialty clinics, urgent care centers, neighborhood clinics, primary care offices, surgery centers and home health offices. In 2019, Cook Children’s expanded to provide services to families in Prosper, Texas. To date, services offered include primary care, ambulatory surgery, urgent care, specialty care, imaging and outpatient laboratory services. Our Prosper medical center and retail pharmacy opened January 2023.

Cook Children's was named #1 in Health Care on Forbes 2024 "America's Best Large Employers" list! We are one of the nation's premier private children's health care systems and have consistently been ranked by U.S. News and World Report within the top 50 Best Children's Hospitals. Another one of Cook Children’s Medical Center’s most prestigious awards is being Magnet® designated, the international gold standard of nursing excellence, four consecutive times. This makes the medical center the first free standing, pediatric hospital in North Texas, and the 10th in the world, to receive this prestigious designation.

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About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) is one of the country's leading vertically integrated pediatric health care organizations.

Our not-for-profit organization is comprised of a flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, a new medical center in Prosper, Texas, a physician network, home health company, surgery centers, health plan, health services, and health foundation. With more than 60 primary, specialty and urgent care locations throughout Texas, families can access our top-ranked specialty programs and network of services to meet the unique needs of their child.

Cook Children's is honored to continually receive recognition for our outstanding efforts and outcomes in pediatric health care.

Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.