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Piedmont HealthCare lists this Surgicalist opportunity in covington, Georgia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Surgicalist
Surgicalist
Acute Care Surgery Program · Piedmont East Region Hospitals
HOSPITAL-BASED · INPATIENT · Twelve 24 hr Shifts Monthly
Position Summary
Piedmont Newton/Rockdale/Walton/Eastside Hospitals are establishing a dedicated surgicalist (ACS - acute care surgery) position within the Division of Surgery. A surgicalist is a hospital-based general surgeon who practices exclusively in the inpatient setting and is relieved of any office or elective ambulatory practice while on service. Working twelve shifts per month with each shift defined as a 24-hour shift from 7:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m., the surgicalist provides emergency department surgical response, oversight of inpatient surgical rounds, and inpatient surgical consultation. Each 24-hour shift consists of twelve hours onsite with twelve hours remote and responding if necessary. Three of these twelve shifts per month must include a Friday/Saturday/Sunday basically establishing one weekend per month. The scheduling of the cadence of the shifts are to be determined within each hospital's surgery department and it could be six days on and then six off and another six on service or it could be some other cadence. This may differ slightly from hospital to hospital. The position is paired with ambulatory (office-based) general surgeons, so that hospital-based acute and inpatient care is deliberately separated from scheduled clinic and elective operating room work.
Scope of Responsibilities
The surgicalist's responsibilities are exclusively inpatient and hospital-based, organized around three functions: emergency department surgical response, oversight of inpatient rounds, and inpatient consultations.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Education and training: MD or DO with completion of an accredited general surgery residency.
- Certification: Board certification, or board eligibility with a defined path to certification, in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Fellowship training in acute care surgery is valued but not required.
- Licensure: Active, unrestricted Georgia medical license (or eligibility), DEA registration, and eligibility for medical staff privileges at Piedmont Newton Hospital.
- Clinical competence: Demonstrated competence across the breadth of emergency and inpatient general surgery, including acute abdominal and soft-tissue conditions.
- Team orientation: Commitment to protocol-driven, team-based care, prompt emergency response, and collaborative work with emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, and advanced practice providers.
Piedmont offers:
Competitive Salary
Comprehensive Benefits
Epic EMR
Physician Governance
Quality, Service, and Reputation
Piedmont Healthcare is a private, not-for-profit health system and a recognized leader in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centered care. Across Georgia, Piedmont serves communities representing 85% of the state's population through 28 hospitals, 113 immediate care locations, 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practice locations, and more than 3,600 Piedmont Clinic members. With nearly 50,000 caregivers and more than 4.5 million patients served, Piedmont offers physicians the opportunity to practice in a growing, mission-driven organization committed to making a positive difference in every life we touch.
Worksite address
covington, GA, 30209, US
Who can apply
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