Physician Kelsey Seybold Allergy at Springwoods Village

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:

The Department of Allergy and Immunology for Adults provides consultative services for the diagnosis, evaluation and management of diseases of the respiratory tract, immune system and allergies. The Allergy/Immunology department provides consultation in the diagnosis and management of allergies and immune-deficiency diseases. A multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses offers patient management, patient/family education and support services. Some of the chronic ailments and illnesses treated are: asthma, food or drug allergies, and insect hypersensitivity.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities include the following. Other assignments, projects and duties may be required:

• Interviewing patients and families
• Performing complete physical examination
• Ordering appropriate diagnostic studies, diets, and nursing monitoring and intervention
• Recognition of clinical problems and formulation of a logical diagnosis
• Evaluation and management of adult/pediatric allergy and immunological conditions which may or may not pose the threat of death, organ or system failure, irreversible organ or system failure, irreversible damage or loss of permanent impairment of a body function
• Evaluation and management of allergy and immunological diseases
• Interpretation of diagnostic laboratory studies
• Allergy testing: percutaneous, antibiotics, biologicals, stinging insects' antigens, intradermals
• Immunizations
• Ingestion challenge testing
• Inhalation therapy
• Application of local and topical anesthesia

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate of an approved training program in the United States
• Board Certified and/or Board Eligible
• Licensed in the state of Texas

About Optum

Optum is the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.