Description
Orthopedics – Nocturnist
Duluth, MN
PRACTICE SPECIFICS
Work where other people play.
Cover orthopedic evening / night call from 4 PM to 7 AM at level 1 trauma center.
Approximately 180 weekday and weekend shifts / year. Flexible scheduling options to include: two weeks on / two weeks off, one week on/one week off, or other agreed upon coverage model.
Supported by four fellowship trained orthopedic trauma surgeons, with 7 days/week who have dedicated day and evening trauma rooms.
Supported by 14 subspecialty trained orthopedic surgeons in orthopedic oncology, hand, foot and ankle, shoulder, adult reconstruction and ortho pediatric surgery.
Call is supported by APP group who take call 24/7 and answer in-house calls and outside patient calls.
No Spine! Spine calls are covered by neurosurgery.
No office / clinic responsibility.
No hospital rounding required.
No requirement to respond to hospital codes.
Call can be taken from home.
Expectation to see orthopedic admissions and high energy trauma patients per discretion of general surgery trauma team who are in-house 24/7.
Hip fractures admitted by hospitalist team.
Anticipated case volume 0-2 cases / shift.
St. Mary’s Medical Center is a 330-bed tertiary care hospital; Level I Trauma Center with 24-bed emergency department and helicopter support. Children’s hospital within St. Mary’s Medical Center.
St. Mary’s Medical Center has ranked among America’s Top 100 Hospitals and Fracture Care Programs
Dedicated EMR/EPIC
Service area approximately 500,000
Certified as HIMSS EMRAM (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) Level 7 for both our Inpatient and Ambulatory facilities
COMPENSATION:
$622,000. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.
LOCATION
Duluth, MN – located at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior
150 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul
Duluth population: 86,000 with surrounding communities approx. 120,000+
Requirements
REQUIREMENTS
BC/BE Orthopaedics
