Hospital is looking to add to their General Surgeon locum coverage pool.
The general surgeon on call would take any call from the ED or any hospital general surgery consults. This position is hospital based but may include some after-hours call support for the clinic but that volume is minimal. They could be involved with the care of ICU patients. EMTALA is the hospital/emergency call schedule.
Coverage Details:
- 1 week/month beginning Q4 of this year
?Job Details:
- Practice Setting: Hospital based coverage only
- Schedule: 24 hour shifts for EMTALA call coverage (7am - 7am)
- Average Number of Surgical Cases Per Day: 1-3 surgical cases for surgeon on call and 2-4 consults per day
- EMR: EPIC
- Number of Operating Rooms: 12
- Number of General Surgeons in Practice: 3
- Description of OR Staff: CSTs, RNFAs, First Assists available -- well rounded and seasoned OR staff
- Patient Age Demographic: Peds to Geriatrics, Peds could be at discretion of physician and peds is typically only appe, skin and soft tissue
- Robotics available for those certified
Required Procedures:
- General Surgical Cases ADULT
- General Surgical Cases TRAUMA (minimal)
- Central Line Insertion
- Chest Tube Insertion
- Vascular Access Devices
- Cholecystectomy
- Hernioplasty
- Colon/Small Bowel
Credentialing timeframe: 120 days to onboard - Site would like to begin onboarding in June
Submission Requirements
- Board Certified (ABoS) - REQUIRED
- Active KY license - REQUIRED (must be currently active, will not accept providers needing to obtain license)
- COVID Vaccinated - Preferred; must have by time of credentialing
- Clean background is preferred
