Surgery - General Physician at ProLocums summary:
The role involves providing general surgical services with a focus on both inpatient and outpatient care, particularly during holidays and weekends. The physician will be expected to handle unassigned emergency department calls and consult on inpatients, collaborating with general surgery PAs and attending hospitalists. This position requires board certification, with a typical patient load of 0-3 per shift and limited rounding responsibilities.
Specialty :gen surg
Dates Needed: potentially all holidays and holiday weekends
Start Date: End Date: 1/1/24 for urology (maybe) and first holiday after that for gen surg
Practice Setting: Outpatient: Inpatient: Telehealth: IP / ED call
Admissions Required: yes
Is hospital stroke certified: primary stroke center
Does Provider need to be Board Certified: yes, unless within 5 years out
Are Temp privileges available: yes
Do you only want to see CV s with and Active License: preferably, but open to others
Coverage Type: No Call: Call Only: Scheduled Clinic Hours/Call: call only
How many Patients will Locum see per day: Likely 0-3
Is there rounding: Yes: No: only if one of their patients is admitted
Avg. patients they round on? 0-3
Patients per shift: depends on the call
How many calls do they get while on call? 2-4
Call Details: Assigned: Unassigned: Both: unassigned ED
Call Type: In-House: Beeper: 2nd Call/Backup: beeper
Avg. call # per 24-hr: Phone Consults: Patients Seen: Admissions: maybe 4
How many hours does it take to Round: Less than 4
How many times do they get called back in a 24-hour shift: 0-2
It s 7a-7a, a 24 hour shift. We have 6 general surgeons who will be covering their own patients, so this would only be for unassigned / ED patients.
Surgery only, no endoscopy.
May need to consult on inpatients. Fully hospitalist and ICU attending coverage, so they would only be consultants.
We have general surgery PAs who are in house the majority of the time.
OPEN DATES:
May 15, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31
Keywords:
General Surgeon, Surgery, Inpatient Care, Outpatient Care, Emergency Department, Consultation, Board Certified Physicians, Healthcare, Hospital Privileges, Urology
