South Texas Health System to host All Facilities Job Fair

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MCALLEN, Texas – South Texas Health System has vacancies across its 11 facilities and it wants to fill them.

So, on Wednesday, April 17, STHS is inviting clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to participate in a jobs fair. The event will be held at University Draft House Townlake McAllen from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

STHS’s 11 facilities include four acute care facilities, a behavioral health facility and six freestanding emergency departments.

Open positions include, but are not limited to:

· Registered Nurses

· Licensed Vocational Nurses

· Nurse Assistants

· Surgical Technicians

· Respiratory Therapists

· Pharmacy Technicians

· Radiology Imaging & CT Technicians

· Patient Care Technicians

· Admissions Representatives/Registrars

· Environmental Services Workers/Housekeepers

Tom Castañeda, STHS’s system director of marketing and public relations, said STHS is encouraging all healthcare professionals looking to elevate their career to refresh their resumes and visit the STHS All Facilities Job Fair to learn more about the system’s competitive salaries, great benefits and sign-on bonuses for qualified applicants.

He said on-the-spot interviews with recruiters and department leaders will be conducted.

“It takes an ardent team of resolute professionals to run the 11 facilities that make up South Texas Health System, the largest integrated network of healthcare in the Rio Grande Valley,” said Tom Castañeda, STHS’s system director of marketing and public relations.

“From clinical and non-clinical employees who provide quality, compassionate care to thousands of patients each year to the support staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure each facility operates safely and efficiently, the dedicated team of 3,000-plus all-star employees proudly help STHS effectively and efficiently treat patients in the communities we serve.

“Now, South Texas Health System is looking for stellar individuals to join the healthcare system who are interested in a fulfilling and rewarding career during its upcoming all facilities job fair.”

For more information on the jobs fair, visit the South Texas Health System’s Facebook Events page.

For a complete list of open positions, visit southtexashealthsystem.com/careers. For more information, contact the STHS Human Resources Department at (956) 388-2107.

STHS General Medical Education Consortium

In other STHS news, the health system has officially established the STHS GME Consortium, a graduate medical education (GME) program.

As the sponsoring institution, South Texas Health System will oversee, support and administer several residency and fellowship programs, including its recently accredited Family Medicine Residency Program.

At a recent event at the Radisson in McAllen, STHS celebrated the accreditation of the consortium’s Family Medicine Residency Program and introduced its first cohort of ten medical residents who will take part in the post-graduate training program.

“By developing residency programs in different areas of specialized medicine, South Texas Health System will be able to attract talented medical residents seeking concentrated training and offer them the high-quality education they need to make their mark in the healthcare landscape,” said Dr. Youssef Majed, Designated Institutional Official and Chief Academic Officer of the STHS GME Consortium.

“Beyond providing vital training, the STHS GME Consortium’s programs will provide access to high quality care to Valley residents while fostering the development of new treatment options.”

According to the Texas Medical Association, the physician shortage in Texas endures, with the state’s ratio of 204.6 patient care physicians per 100,000 people remaining well below the national average of 247.5.

As for the Rio Grande Valley, it has the highest need for physicians, with the shortage of full-time equivalent primary care physicians expected to increase from 423 to 722 by 2030, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Majed said STHS plans to add more specialized residency programs within the next two years, with the aim of hosting between 200 and 300 medical residents by 2026 and providing them with the clinical training, research knowledge, professionalism and critical skills necessary to become well-rounded, compassionate physicians who will positively impact the health and well-being of Valley communities.

“South Texas Health System is making history. It is not will make history, it is making history,” Majed said at the launch of STHS GME Consortium. “

“That history started three years ago and what you see today is just some of the results. This is about ten percent to July 2024 of what we have in the pipeline. I have no doubt and please mark my words, South Texas Health System will become the largest academic institution from here to the Houston.”

Majed said that through a concentrated and rigorous training program, STHS GME Consortium believes it will keep most of the residents in the Rio Grande Valley.

He pointed to studies which show that the place where doctors do their residencies has a significant impact on where they practice after completing their training. Approximately 57 percent of medical residents continue to practice in the state where they completed their residencies, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Editor’s Note: To learn more about the consortium, visit southtexashealthsystem.com/gme-consortium.

Let’s Talk Children’s Health

Meanwhile, in commemoration of National Autism Awareness Month, South Texas Health System Children’s will dedicate its latest Let’s Talk Children’s Health webinar to ASD awareness.

Led by Dianira Gonzales-Negrete, an early childhood interventionist with Region One Educational Service Center, the online seminar will provide important education, information and resources related to ASD, including the early signs of ASD in kids, how it affects them and how the disorder is commonly treated.

The special online seminar will be broadcast live on the South Texas Health System and STHS Children’s Facebook pages on Wednesday, April 17, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. For complete details on the online event, visit the STHS Children’s Facebook events page.

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