First Assist Neurosurgery

Swedish Health Services; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CME benefits

Health, vision, dental, and retirement

Job summary

Swedish Health Services seeks a full-time Neurosurgery physician to join the cranial team at Swedish Cherry Hill Campus in Seattle, WA. The role involves comprehensive care for cranial surgery patients across ambulatory clinic, inpatient management, and surgical assist, with strong autonomy in patient care.

You will work closely with neurosurgeons within a collaborative cranial team, supporting a top regional neurology program while maintaining work-life balance in the Pacific Northwest.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a surgical first assistant is required.
• Acute care experience as a provider is required.
• Strong clinical judgment for complex neurosurgical patients.

Responsibilities

• Care for cranial surgery patients across ambulatory, inpatient, and surgical settings.
• Collaborate with neurosurgeons while maintaining autonomy in patient care.
• Contribute to a highly collaborative cranial neurosurgery team.

Skills

Surgical first assist

Acute care experience

Clinical judgment

Empathy & professionalism

Job description

The Swedish Neurological Institute is seeking a full-time Neurosurgeryto join the cranial team at the Swedish Cherry Hill Campus in Seattle, Washington.

In this role, you will provide comprehensive care for cranial surgery patients across multiple settings, including ambulatory clinic, inpatient management, and surgical assist. You will work closely with neurosurgeons while maintaining a high level of autonomy in patient care. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the top Neurology teams in the region while enjoying a healthy work-life balance in the Pacific Northwest.

Position Details:

• Full-time position, 4 10-hour shifts with weekend rotation
• Practice across clinic, inpatient care, and surgical first assist
• Join a highly collaborative, established cranial neurosurgery team

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Prior experience as a surgical first assist
• Acute care experience as a provider
• Strong clinical judgment with ability to manage complex neurosurgical patients
• Demonstrated empathy and professionalism in difficult patient conversations
• New graduates will not be considered for this role

Compensation and Benefits:

• Compensation is between $149,868 to $205,789 per year
• Eligible for quality and shift incentives
• CME benefits available
• Comprehensive benefits including health, vision, dental, and retirement

The compensation amounts listed may include productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, as applicable to the position. In addition, providers may have CME benefits available to them.

Where You'll Work

Swedish Medical Group is an integrated team of more than 1,300 physicians and advanced practice clinicians serving the greater Seattle area. As part of Swedish Health System, medical group providers benefit from centralized system support and a shared EMR (Epic). With easy access to seven Swedish Medical Center campuses, providers are able to serve northwest Washington residents with superior integrated, coordinated care.

Where You'll Live

Seattle is the Pacific Northwest's largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the world's biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee.

Who You'll Work For

Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran