PHYSICIAN - Nocturnist Orthopedic Surgery - Duluth, MN

Licensure/Certification Qualifications:

Orthopedics – Nocturnist

Duluth, MN

PRACTICE SPECIFICS

• Work where other people play.
• Cover orthopedic evening / night call from 4 PM to 7 AM at level 1 trauma center.
• Approximately 180 weekday and weekend shifts / year. Flexible scheduling options to include: two weeks on / two weeks off, one week on/one week off, or other agreed upon coverage model.
• Supported by four fellowship trained orthopedic trauma surgeons, with 7 days/week who have dedicated day and evening trauma rooms.
• Supported by 14 subspecialty trained orthopedic surgeons in orthopedic oncology, hand, foot and ankle, shoulder, adult reconstruction and ortho pediatric surgery.
• Call is supported by APP group who take call 24/7 and answer in-house calls and outside patient calls.
• No Spine! Spine calls are covered by neurosurgery.
• No office / clinic responsibility.
• No hospital rounding required.
• No requirement to respond to hospital codes.
• Call can be taken from home.
• Expectation to see orthopedic admissions and high energy trauma patients per discretion of general surgery trauma team who are in-house 24/7.
• Hip fractures admitted by hospitalist team.
• Anticipated case volume 0-2 cases / shift.
• St. Mary’s Medical Center is a 330-bed tertiary care hospital; Level I Trauma Center with 24-bed emergency department and helicopter support. Children’s hospital within St. Mary’s Medical Center.
• St. Mary’s Medical Center has ranked among America’s Top 100 Hospitals and Fracture Care Programs
• Dedicated EMR/EPIC
• Service area approximately 500,000
• Certified as HIMSS EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) Level 7 for both our Inpatient and Ambulatory facilities

REQUIREMENTS

• BC/BE Orthopedics

COMPENSATION:

• $622,119. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.

LOCATION

• Duluth, MN – located at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior
• 150 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Duluth population: 86,000 with surrounding communities approx. 120,000+

For additional information please contact:

Liz Huesman, Senior Physician Recruiter

701-261-6824

Elizabeth.Huesman@EssentiaHealth.org