Locum | Physician General Surgery

CompHealth; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 165,000 - 276,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Travel arranged

Malpractice coverage

Job summary

CompHealth provides locum coverage solutions, handling credentialing, housing, travel and malpractice coverage. You will cover calls from 7am to 7am, with a 30-minute response time, handling 7–10 patients per shift and 0–5 admissions daily, across general, adult, trauma and laparoscopic surgery.

Required are appendectomy and cholecystectomy skills, chest tube and central line insertions, with GI endoscopy preferred. The recruiter assists with every detail to simplify the process.

Qualifications

• General, adult, trauma, and laparoscopic surgery required.
• Appendectomy and cholecystectomy skills required.
• Chest tube and central line insertion required.
• GI endoscopy (upper and lower) – preferred.

Responsibilities

• Call coverage with 30-minute response time.
• 7–10 patients per shift.
• 0–4 phone consults and 0–5 admissions per 24 hours.
• Credentialing, housing, travel and malpractice coverage coordination.

Skills

General surgery

Adult/Trauma surgery

Laparoscopic surgery

Chest tube insertion

Central line insertion

GI endoscopy

Job description

CompHealth exists to make the locums process easier. Not only will we search for jobs that fit your interests, we'll be here to handle all the details like credentialing, housing, travel arrangements, and so much more. So, relax and get back to helping patients, and let us do the heavy lifting.

• Call only coverage -- 7 am to 7 am shift
• 30-minute call response time required
• 7 - 10 patients per shift
• 0 - 4 phone consults and 0 - 5 admissions per 24 hours
• General, adult, trauma, and laparoscopic surgery required
• Appendectomy and cholecystectomy skills required
• Chest tube and central line insertion required
• GI endoscopy (upper and lower) -- preferred
• We negotiate better pay and deposit it weekly
• We arrange complimentary housing and travel and comprehensive malpractice coverage
• We simplify the credentialing and privileging process
• Access to online portal for assignment details and time entry
• Your specialized recruiter takes care of every detail