General Surgery Locum Opportunity in Oregon

Hospital is looking for 2-3 general surgeons to work 7-10 day block schedules for 1 year. 1 general surgeon working at a time. The on site surgeon will attend to scheduled clinic patients Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., provide 24-hour call coverage, and provide post-op care, consultations scheduled and emergency surgery.   

?Schedule/Availability Requirements:

Monday - Friday, 8a-5p and 24 hour call. - Start date as soon as credentialed. 

7-10 block schedule for one year. 

 Provide is on call 24/7 while working. 

From site on schedule:

Here's a typical schedule we use and expect the locum surgeons to follow with mutually agreed upon variation as necessary:

Monday: 

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Around 14-16 patients scheduled to be seen in the clinic. 

The surgeon is also on call for the hospital during this time frame as well as from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day.

Tuesday: 

7:30 a.m. to noon: Surgeries in the OR.  

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Around 10-12 patients scheduled in the clinic. 

The surgeon is also on call for the hospital during this time frame as well as from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day.

Wednesday: 

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Surgeries in the OR.

The surgeon is also on call for the hospital during this time frame as well as from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day.

Thursday: 

7:30 a.m. to noon: Surgeries in the OR.

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Around 10-12 patients scheduled in the clinic.

The surgeon is also on call for the hospital during this time frame as well as from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day.

Friday: 

7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Surgeries in the OR.

The surgeon is also on call for the hospital during this time frame as well as from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. the next day.

Saturday: 

On call from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

Sunday: On call from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Monday, assuming the locum surgeon is off the next week.  All handoffs from one locum to the sole remaining general surgeon in Pendleton are at 5:30 a.m.  

Setting: Acute care and clinic practice

Duties: See above and providers must be able to respond to traumas in the ED. 

Days per month: 20 to be covered by the same two to three surgeons. 

Required Procedures:

• Diagnostic Colonscoples
• Screening Colonscoples
• Cholecystectomy
• Hernia repair with mesh
• Diagnostic EGD
• Excision of breast
• Repair abdominal wall with synthetic substitute
• Appendectomy
• Skin Excision
• Hemorrhoidectomy

EMR: Meditech in the hospital and eCW in the clinic

Support Staff: Complete staff in the hospital and typical support medical assistants and RN (as necessary) in the clinic

Candidates must be willing to work in a clinic office setting in addition to taking hospital call.  

Additional information from site: 500 surgeries per year or 10 per week, 75% of which are outpatient.  Inpatient admissions per week 2.  Clinic patients/day 14-16.