Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery | Comprehensive Surgical Position in an Academic Setting | Washington, DC

Universal Health Services; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Medical Group in the Washington, DC area seeks a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon for an academic, hospital-based practice. The role includes inpatient and outpatient care, teaching medical students and residents, and active participation in multidisciplinary tumor boards and educational activities.

The physician will deliver high-quality reconstructive services, supervise clinical training, and maintain comprehensive documentation and coding practices within Epic and Cerner systems.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited school of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
• Successful completion of an accredited plastic surgery residency or equivalent pathway.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Plastic Surgery.
• Current or eligible unrestricted medical license and required privileges.
• Credentialing and ability to participate in call coverage.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive plastic and reconstructive surgical care in inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Develop individualized treatment plans for reconstructive and wound-related surgery.
• Perform preoperative evaluations and postoperative care including follow-up.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and participate in tumor boards and conferences.
• Educate and mentor medical students, residents, and fellows as part of clinical development.
• Document thoroughly in Epic and Cerner and ensure timely charge capture.

Skills

Call coverage experience

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Teaching trainees

Education

Medical degree from an accredited school

Plastic Surgery residency board certification/eligibility

Current/unrestricted medical license

Fellowship training (preferred)

Tools

Epic

Cerner

Job description

Opportunity Details

Capital Medical Group is seeking a highly qualified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon to provide comprehensive surgical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings as well as dedicated time for the education and clinical development of medical students, residents, and other trainees.

Quick Facts

• Full-Time employed position
• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, clinical support staff, and hospital-based specialists
• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage patients requiring reconstructive, restorative, and other medically appropriate plastic surgical services, delivering high-quality clinical care within an academic medical environment
• Position will include the education and clinical development of medical students, residents, and other trainees
• Call rotation (evenings, weekends, holidays) to include timely response to inpatient consultations and coordinating patient handoffs and coverage arrangements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Provide comprehensive plastic and reconstructive surgical care in inpatient and outpatient environments.
• Evaluate, diagnose, and develop individualized treatment plans for patients requiring plastic, reconstructive, restorative, and wound-related surgical services.
• Provide preoperative evaluations, postoperative care, wound management, follow-up services, and ongoing clinical management.
• Manage hospitalized patients, including new consultations, postoperative rounds, inpatient procedures, discharge planning, and transitions of care.
• Provide reconstructive services for patients following trauma, cancer treatment, surgical resection, congenital conditions, complex wounds, or other medical conditions.
• Perform procedures that may include breast reconstruction, soft-tissue reconstruction, skin and tissue grafting, flap procedures, scar revision, wound closure, and other reconstructive interventions based on the surgeon’s training and clinical privileges.
• Collaborate with surgical and medical specialties to develop coordinated and comprehensive patient treatment plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary conferences, tumor boards, case reviews, wound-care discussions, and treatment-planning meetings, as appropriate.
• Communicate treatment options, surgical risks, expected outcomes, recovery requirements, and follow-up plans clearly to patients and their families.
• Provide patient-centered care that supports safety, quality, clinical effectiveness, functional restoration, and appropriate aesthetic outcomes

Medical Education

• Participate in the education and clinical development of medical students, residents, fellows, and other healthcare trainees.
• Provide appropriate clinical supervision, instruction, mentoring, and performance feedback.
• Support an educational environment that promotes professionalism, patient safety, clinical excellence, and evidence-based practice.
• Participate in selected academic conferences, case presentations, grand rounds, or educational activities, as assigned.
• Model appropriate clinical judgment, professional conduct, patient communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Clinical care will remain the primary focus of this position, with teaching and academic responsibilities comprising a smaller portion of the physician’s overall professional effort.

Clinical Documentation and Charge Capture

• Complete all clinical documentation accurately and within established organizational, hospital, and regulatory timeframes.
• Utilize Epicfor outpatient clinical documentation, ordering, results review, patient communication, and related workflows.
• Utilize Cernerfor inpatient clinical documentation, ordering, communication, and related workflows.
• Complete operative reports promptly following surgical procedures.
• Ensure that consultation notes, history and physical documentation, progress notes, procedure notes, discharge documentation, and postoperative records are complete and timely.
• Accurately document the medical necessity, complexity, diagnoses, procedures, and level of services provided.
• Submit professional charges and complete all charge-capture activities within established deadlines.
• Ensure that charges are complete, accurate, and supported by the clinical documentation.
• Respond promptly to coding, billing, compliance, clinical documentation, and charge-capture clarification requests.
• Correct documentation or charge-capture deficiencies within required timeframes.
• Comply with all organizational policies related to coding, billing, clinical documentation, electronic health record use, privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.

Timely documentation and accurate charge capture are essential performance expectations of this position.

Required Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited school of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
• Successful completion of an accredited residency training program in plastic surgery or an approved surgical training pathway leading to plastic surgery specialization.
• Completion of any fellowship training required for the surgeon’s intended scope of practice.
• Board certification or board eligibility in Plastic Surgery through the applicable recognized certifying board.
• Current or eligible unrestricted medical license in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which services will be provided.
• Eligibility for appointment to the medical staff and for all required clinical privileges at affiliated hospitals and facilities.
• Current controlled-substance registrations and prescribing credentials, as applicable.
• Current Basic Life Support certification and any additional life-support certifications required by Capital Medical Group or an affiliated hospital.
• Demonstrated clinical competence in inpatient and outpatient plastic and reconstructive surgery.
• Ability to satisfy all credentialing, privileging, background screening, health screening, and professional liability requirements.
• Ability to participate in call coverage as specified in the employment agreement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience practicing in an academic medical environment.
• Experience teaching or supervising medical students, residents, fellows, or other healthcare trainees.
• Fellowship training or advanced experience in reconstructive microsurgery, breast reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, complex wound management, or another relevant subspecialty.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary oncology, trauma, breast surgery, wound-care, or surgical programs.
• Proficiency with electronic health record systems, preferably Epic and Cerner.
• Demonstrated history of timely clinical documentation and accurate charge capture.
• Experience participating in quality improvement, clinical research, outcomes review, program development, or scholarly activity.
• Strong record of clinical quality, patient safety, professionalism, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Providers with Capital Medical Group deliver high-quality primary care, health screenings and advanced specialized care to adults of the DMV (the District, Maryland, and Virginia). At Capital Medical Group, our specially trained and highly experienced physicians and caregivers treat a wide range of conditions using advanced technologies and minimally invasive techniques. Formerly known as Medical Faculty Associates, we offer wellness services, geriatric services, women’s services, and internal medicine, along with specialty care including gastroenterology, a full suite of surgical services, orthopedic services, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, ophthalmology, and more through a network of nearly 20 hospital and care locations, including GW University Hospital, Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center, and GW Urgent Care, as well as affiliated sites. We are proud to deliver equitable care to neighbors and communities across the region. Our academic affiliation is with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Our region is known as the seat of American democracy, often recognized for its iconic monuments, world-class museums, and rich political history. It is well known for the National Mall and its historic landmarks, but there is so much more to life in the DMV. The region also has renowned theaters and performance venues, professional sports teams, award-winning dining options, and gorgeous parks and recreation areas nestled in and adjacent to the city, where residents can enjoy the outdoors. And, being an area with three major airports, coupled with its location that is just a few hours from the beaches of Maryland and Delaware, the Shenandoah Mountains or New York City, all types of experiences are within reach. From the charming neighborhoods of Georgetown and Capitol Hill, to the vibrant and thriving communities in the suburbs of Maryland and Northern Virginia, there are many wonderful communities of people and families who call the DMV home. These communities are served by world-class educational institutions, including some of the nation’s leading public and private schools and universities. Simply put, the DMV is a place where history, opportunity, and community converge to make it one of the most dynamic and desirable places to live in the nation.