About this opportunity
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) lists this Orthopedic or Plastic Hand Surgeon opportunity in lakeland, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Orthopedic or Plastic Hand Surgeon
Join an expanding orthopedic and hand surgery program in the heart of the Sunshine State. Lakeland Regional Health (LRH) is seeking a fellowship-trained Orthopedic or Plastic Hand Surgeon to join our growing team in beautiful Lakeland, Florida. As part of one of Florida's largest independent health systems, you'll join a collaborative, patient-centered organization committed to clinical excellence, innovation, and physician support.
Lakeland Regional Health is seeking a fellowship-trained Hand Surgeon to help expand our comprehensive regional hand surgery program. The ideal candidate will:
Be fellowship trained in Hand Surgery; Upper Extremity fellowship training is an ideal.
Provide comprehensive outpatient and inpatient hand surgery care.
Play a key role in growing the region's only dedicated hand surgery program, serving a multicounty referral population of approximately one million people at a Level 1 Trauma Center.
Position Highlights
Large employed physician group with more than 400 providers representing 40+ specialties.
Extensive referral network through LRH primary care, neurology, rheumatology, and community physicians.
Join an established team of two Orthopedic Hand Surgeons and two Plastic Hand Surgeons.
Outpatient clinic featuring on-site hand therapy, radiology, and ultrasound.
Shared hand surgery call at a single Level I Trauma Center. Hand surgery call only—no general orthopedic trauma call required.
Opportunity to perform surgery in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
Benefits
LRH offers comprehensive benefits including 403(b), 457(b), health, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, CME allowance, CME days, and malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
About Lakeland Regional Health
For more than 100 years, Lakeland Regional Health has provided exceptional inpatient and outpatient care across more than 40 specialties. As a not-for-profit academic health system, LRH has earned workplace recognition from organizations including Aetna, Forbes, and the Florida Hospital Association.
910‑bed, state‑of‑the‑art teaching hospital
Level I Trauma Center
Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Bannasch Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation Medicine
One of the nation's busiest single-site emergency departments
Collaborates with Nemours Children’s Health, expanding access to high-quality pediatric specialty care.
Qualifications
Board Certified or Board Eligible through ABMS or AOA.
Completion of an accredited Hand Surgery fellowship with experience at a Level I Trauma Center preferred.
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Worksite address
lakeland, FL, 33809, US
Who can apply
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