Locums General Surgery Physician in Idaho - Fast Credentialing, Quick Start

Curative; Mountain Home (ID); On-site; USD 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Curative is seeking a Locums General Surgeon to cover Idaho cases in a community hospital setting. You will work a predictable clinic-based weekday schedule with home call and rapid stabilizations for trauma, all under a 25-bed facility.

The assignment features a block coverage pattern and relocation of higher acuity transfers to Boise facilities as needed, with credentialing as quick as 5–7 days for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• MD or DO, board certified or eligible.
• Idaho medical license active at start.
• BLS certification required.
• Board certification within 5 years preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide general surgery care at a 25-bed critical access hospital.
• Perform endoscopy, laparoscopic and open procedures.
• Stabilize and facilitate transfers for higher acuity trauma.
• Support on-call coverage from home within 25 minutes of the facility.

Skills

Endoscopy

Laparoscopy

Open Surgery

Trauma Care

Education

MD or DO

Board Certified or Board Eligible within 5 years in Surgery

Active Idaho license

BLS

Job description

Locums General Surgery coverage in Idaho with a predictable clinic-based weekday schedule plus call from home at a 25 bed critical access hospital with stabilize and transfer support for higher acuity trauma.

Highlights

• Fast credentialing, as quick as 5 to 7 days for clean candidates
• Block coverage pattern, two weeks on, two weeks off, then two weeks on
• CRNA anesthesia coverage 24/7 within 15 minutes
• Call is taken off site, you just need to stay within 25 minutes of the facility

Practice Setting

• 25 bed critical access hospital, mix of inpatient and outpatient general surgery
• Stabilize and transfer model, serious trauma routed to Level II Boise or St. Luke's Boise and Meridian
• Case mix includes general surgery, light trauma, and endoscopy
• Support staff includes a typical crew of 2, anesthesia covered by CRNAs

Schedule

• Weekday clinic hours are 8am to 5pm
• Call from home, no requirement to remain on site while on call
• Coverage starts ASAP with an estimated start date of 2026-11-09
• One day of orientation required

Cases and Procedures

• Upper and lower endoscopy, screening and diagnostic
• Laparoscopic and open appendectomy, laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy
• Hernia repair, inguinal, ventral, incisional
• Exploratory and diagnostic laparotomy, hemorrhoidectomy, excisional procedures

Requirements

• Must be an MD or DO
• Board Certified or Board Eligible within 5 years in Surgery
• Active Idaho license required, will not wait for license
• BLS required

If the two weeks on, two weeks off structure and off site call within 25 minutes fits your availability, reach out and we can compare it with the remaining coverage blocks.