Locum Physician Orthopedic Surgery

Job description

Job Title: Locum Physician Orthopedic Surgery
Location: Hancock, MI
EMR: MediTech
Practice Setting: Outpatient and Inpatient
Board Status: Certified and Eligible
Coverage Type: Call Only

For a new provider, orientation will occur on the day prior to the assignment
Call Coverage required
UP Health System Portage is seeking a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon to provide call and in office
coverage in our ASC verified Level III Trauma Facility. A Surgeon skilled in specifically Total Joints as well
as general ortho would complement our well established, reputable practice.
UPHS Portage is looking for one Orthopedic Surgeon to cover Emergency Department call as needed on
a rotating basis as well as in office coverage full time. When on call, the Surgeon will only have to come
in if the Emergency Department requests a consult. Typically bread and butter cases, sick or complicated
patients are shipped.
Assignment Details:
• Types of cases include fractures, sports, general, etc.
• No Spine
• Must be able to do Total Joints and/or specialize in Total Joints **
• Efficient, flexible OR with block time assignments
• The General Surgeons manage the wound care clinic
• Orthopaedic PA's, full surgical staff
• Completely digital radiology department
• Looking for LONG TERM, FULL TIME candidate with the potential to become permanent if interested**