Physician, Trauma Surgery

WVU Medicine; Charleston, Northern (WV, KY); Hybrid; USD 280,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine seeks a Trauma Surgeon to practice at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, WV. The role covers trauma, acute care surgery, and critical care, with teaching responsibilities for medical students, residents, and fellows.

Ideal candidates hold an MD or DO, are board eligible/certified, and have completed a general surgery residency with a critical care fellowship, and license eligibility in West Virginia.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and eligible for state medical license.
• Completed general surgery residency and critical care fellowship.
• Board certified or eligible in surgery.

Responsibilities

• Practice in trauma, surgical critical care, and elective and emergency general surgery.
• Teach medical students, residents, and fellows.

Skills

Trauma surgery

Critical care

Medical teaching

Education

MD or DO degree

General surgery residency

Critical care fellowship

Job description

Welcome! We’re excited you’re considering an opportunity with us! Below, you’ll find other important information about this position. The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System. Work Here. Thrive Here.

Additional Job Description

West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Critical Care seek a Trauma Surgeon (ranks available: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor). The successful candidate will be expected to practice at Thomas Memorial Hospital in South Charleston, WV.

Duties

The successful candidate will practice in the areas of trauma, acute care surgery and critical care. In addition to providing excellent patient care, the successful candidate will also be actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

Qualifications

Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for state medical license. Successful candidate must have completed a general surgery residency program, as well as critical care fellowship program. Successful candidates must be board certified / eligible in surgery. All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

Trauma Center

The Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center is one of only 2 Level One trauma centers for the state of WV. The Center treats over 3,000 trauma patients per year with approximately 2100 admissions to the service each year. The service has support from dedicated advance practice providers.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include trauma, surgical critical care, and elective and emergency general surgery.

Opportunities

Opportunities for involvement in outreach, injury prevention, pre-hospital education and research are all available and encouraged.

WVU Health System

The West Virginia University Health System is West Virginia’s largest health system and the state’s largest employer. The System has undergone significant expansion in specialty and sub-specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart and vascular, and neuroscience, among many others. The Health System operates West Virginia’s first and only multi-organ transplant center, and opened a new, 150-bed Children’s Hospital in September 2022. Today, the WVU Health System has more than 2,400 licensed beds, 3,900 providers, and nearly 30,000 employees. Anchored by a 700-bed academic medical center in Morgantown, the Health System includes more than 20 member hospitals that collectively serve a multi-state region that includes West Virginia, Western Maryland, Eastern Ohio, and Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Exempt/Non-Exempt: United States of America (Exempt) Company: UHA University Health Associates Cost Center: 8240 UHA Surgery Address: 4605 Maccorkle Ave SW South Charleston West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

Equal Opportunity Employer University Health Associates and its subsidiaries (collectively \"UHA\") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.

EEO Policy

UHA strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All UHA employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

Company Information

University Health Associates (UHA) is a private, not-for-profit corporation composed of clinical faculty members of the WVU School of Medicine and School of Dentistry, and also advanced practice providers and other allied health providers. The organization is West Virginia’s largest multi-specialty physician practice. UHA operates and staffs clinics and hospitals throughout West Virginia and surrounding states.

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