Hand Surgeon

District Medical Group Inc. (DMG); Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

District Medical Group (DMG) in the Phoenix area is seeking a full-time hand surgeon with a strong academic and trauma focus. The role involves joining the Department of Surgery as a faculty member and assisting the Hand Section Chief in developing the clinical service line, and delivering inpatient and outpatient hand care.

The candidate should be board certified and/or eligible, with qualifications for Hand Surgery certification/eligibility, and must be comfortable working in a team-based

Qualifications

• Board certification or eligibility in Hand Surgery is required or planned.
• Strong emphasis on trauma care and collaboration with the trauma team.
• Comfortable with a teamwork approach for patient management and education.

Responsibilities

• Faculty member in the Department of Surgery and support Hand Section Chief.
• Develop clinical services for hand surgery across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Teach residents and supervise rotators in plastic surgery.
• Provide on-call coverage as part of the hand service.

Skills

Teamwork

Resident education

Trauma involvement

Education

Board-certified and/or eligible for Hand Surgery

Certificate in Added Qualifications for Hand or Surgery of the Hand (certified/eligible)

Job description

Hand SurgeonPhoenix, ArizonaAn immediate opportunity exists in the Department of Surgery of District Medical Group (DMG) for a full-time hand surgeon with a strong interest in academics and trauma.

The Department staffs Valleywise Health, a community hospital with a State and American College of Surgeons designated Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center in the metropolitan Phoenix area.

The Department is seeking a hand surgeon interested in resident education to join and become an integral member of a busy hand practice.

The practice has a strong emphasis on trauma and is supported by the general surgery trauma team.

The surgeon would be appointed to the Department of Surgery with responsibilities relating to serving as a faculty member and assisting the Hand Section Chief in developing the clinical service line, traditional inpatient and outpatient services in the elective, urgent, and emergent care of the hand patient, teaching, and on-call coverage.

The Department also hosts a General Surgery and Surgical Podiatry Residency Program and provides supervision to resident rotators in plastic surgery.The preferred candidate must be board certified and/or eligible and have completed the Certificate in Added Qualifications for Hand, or Surgery of the Hand certified/eligible, and should be comfortable with a teamwork approach for patient management.DMG is a not-for-profit faculty practice plan owned and operated by physicians consisting of more than 400 providers who represent all the major medical and surgical specialties and sub specialties.

DMG is the academic faculty practice plan for Creighton University (Phoenix) and is affiliated with the area's most comprehensive teaching hospital and medical center, Valleywise Health.DMG offers an outstanding work environment, competitive compensation plan/benefits package including paid time off, CME allowance with paid time off and employer paid malpractice insurance.

EOE