Acute Care Surgeon

Skilled Wound Care; California; On-site; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No nights or weekends

Weekday schedule

Job summary

Skilled Wound Care in Orange County, CA is hiring Acute Care Surgeons to lead wound care initiatives across SNFs. This role offers a no-call, Monday–Friday schedule with options for part-time or full-time employment, and a compensation model based on per-patient and per-procedure pay plus bonuses.

Requirements include an MD or DO, an unrestricted state license (or eligibility), and a DEA license or eligibility. No prior wound care experience is required; comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution is required.
• Unrestricted medical license in the practice state.
• DEA license or eligibility to obtain one is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform surgical debridement and bedside procedures.
• Evaluate and treat chronic, non-healing and complex wounds.
• Utilize advanced dressings and wound protocols.
• Collaborate with facilities in post-acute settings to follow healing progress.

Skills

Clinical autonomy

No-call lifestyle

Surgical skills maintenance

Team collaboration

Education

MD or DO from an accredited institution

Medical license in the practicing state

DEA license or eligibility

Job description

Job Title: Acute Care Surgeon
Location: Orange County, CA
Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
Salary: $250,000 - $500,000 per year for Full-time

Acute Care Surgeon Jobs in Orange County, CA: Same Surgical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You trained for years to become an Acute Care Surgeon. But across the country, trauma and emergency surgery coverage gaps mean longer hours, heavier call and less time for life outside medicine. Top-tier Acute Care Surgeons shouldn’t have to give up their health, families and weekends for their careers. Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Acute Care Surgeons in Orange County, CA to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re an Acute Care Surgeon ready to step away from 24-hour trauma shifts, relentless emergency general surgery call and productivity targets at large health systems. Maybe you want clinical autonomy outside the high-pressure hospital environment. Either way, this no-call Acute Care Surgeon job offers a high-impact surgical career without the corporate red tape.

Why Acute Care Surgeons in Orange County, CA Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where being on call can mean missed dinners, cancelled vacations and 2 a.m. trauma activations, we offer a refreshing alternative:

• The "No-Call" Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No trauma alerts, no 2 a.m. emergency cases. This is a true Monday-Friday surgeon job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.
• Keep Your Surgical Skills: Surgical debridement and bedside procedures stay part of your daily practice, so you can put your procedural expertise to work every day.
• A Sustainable Surgical Career: Bedside procedures are far less physically demanding than long operative cases and overnight shifts, so the strain on your body (and your sleep schedule) goes down and you can keep practicing for years to come.
• Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your surgical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.
• Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.

Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Orange County, CA:

• Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
• Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds
• Advanced dressings and specialized wound protocols
• Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing

Acute Care Surgeon Salary & Compensation

• Average Annual Earnings: $250,000-$500,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
• High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
• Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

We offer consistent weekday schedules with no nights or weekends, in part-time or full-time options:

• Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
• Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
• DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
• Open Background: We welcome Acute Care Surgeons and surgeons of all backgrounds, as well as Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians. No previous wound care experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 4th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work - 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.