Pediatric Palliative Care Physician: Collaborative Impact

CCPN Cook Children's Physician Network; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly CME funding

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive benefits

Short‑term disability

Relocation assistance

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHCS) in Fort Worth, Texas, seeks a full-time pediatric palliative care physician to join a high-functioning interdisciplinary team. Call responsibility is 1:5.

The role covers in-hospital consults and outpatient visits, with options for home telemedicine and hospice collaboration. The successful candidate will have an MD/DO with pediatric residency, Texas licensure, and board certification/eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, with teaching and

Qualifications

• MD/DO required; Texas license before start date.
• Board certified or board eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
• ACGME/AMA pediatrics residency completed.
• American Heart Association BLS and PALS.

Responsibilities

• Join a four-physician, NP and nursing interdisciplinary team.
• Provide pediatric palliative care consults and follow-ups.
• Teach, participate in committees and research opportunities.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Clinical decision making

Flexibility

Education

MD/DO

Pediatrics residency (ACGME/AMA)

Job description

Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHCS) in Fort Worth, Texas, seeks a full-time pediatric palliative care physician to join a high-functioning interdisciplinary team. Call responsibility is 1:5.

The role covers in-hospital consults and outpatient visits, with options for home telemedicine and hospice collaboration. The successful candidate will have an MD/DO with pediatric residency, Texas licensure, and board certification/eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, with teaching and