Hospitalist Physician in El Paso, Texas

TeamHealth has a new hospitalist opening at Del Sol Medical Center with our hospital medicine program in El Paso, Texas. This is an established program between TeamHealth and HCA staffed with internal medicine hospitalists that are all local to El Paso. Our physicians will work alongside 2nd and 3rd year internal medicine residents on a traditional 7-on, 7-off schedule. Del Sol Medical Center had 379 licensed beds with a level 2 trauma emergency department staffed by only board certified internal medicine physicians. There is a GME program associated with this program, so physicians will need to have a comfort level rounding with internal medicine residents.

City Description
El Paso lies in far west Texas and is the 19th most populous city in the U.S. with a population of almost 650,000. Standing on the Rio Grande, El Paso is across the U.S./Mexico border from Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, so the city is loaded with history and historic places. The Franklin Mountains extend into El Paso from the north and nearly divide the city into two sections: the west side forming the beginnings of the Mesilla Valley and the east side expanding into the desert and lower valley. At an elevation of 3,800 feet above sea level, with the highest peak in the city being North Franklin Mountain at 7,192 feet above sea level. El Paso is also home to the 24,000-acre Franklin Mountains State Park, the largest urban park in the United States. El Paso is a thriving metropolitan city and is home to the University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Fort Bliss, one of the largest military complexes of the United States and neighbors Alamogordo, New Mexico, home to Holloman Air Force Base. In 2010 El Paso was awarded an All-American City Award, the oldest community recognition program in the United States.

Location Caption
El Paso, Texas

Facility Caption
Del Sol Medical Center

Facility Description
Since 1974, 350-bed Del Sol Medical Center has provided quality healthcare to El Paso and the surrounding region. As the only full-service, acute care hospital in East El Paso with a Level II Trauma designation in Emergency Services, Del Sol Medical Center continues to expand its services to meet the growing needs of the tristate community, providing special expertise in Cardiology, Maternity & Child Services, a Level III NICU, a Center of Excellence designation for our Bariatric Clinic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, and a newly renovated 32-bed Rehabilitation Hospital.

Job Benefits

• Paid professional liability insurance with tail coverage included - Flexible administrative and clinical scheduling providing a great work/life balance - Comprehensive benefits package - Access to TeamHealth's clinician wellness program and referral program - Customized Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) membership with access to CME, exclusive access to educational resources, professional development opportunities, live events and a dynamic online community of hospitalists who actively shape and improve the practice of hospital medicine - Excellent stipend and compensation plan