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Orthopedics-Spine
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Orthopedics-Spine
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Academic/Training Program Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Clyde, North Carolina, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 8/17/16
Orthopedic Surgery-Spine Opportunity in Western North Carolina

Looking for additional spine surgeon to join a busy practice in the mountains of western North Carolina.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
• Hospital-employed position offers attractive salary, benefits package, relocation plus other incentives
• Office currently has one spine surgeon and two physician assistants.
• Call requirements will be 1:4 (no general ortho call), with the advanced practitioners sharing in call rotation.
• Limited emergency call
• Patient volume expected to be about 20-25 patients per clinic day for each physician
• 2.5 clinic days per week
• About 2-3 surgeries on operating room days; 2 surgery-days per week
• Ample amount of primary care physicians to support additional surgeon
• Imaging provided by very responsive radiology team, using state-of-the-art equipment
• Spacious office space, conveniently located on the 2nd floor of the main HRMC building, with the operating room located on the 1st floor of the same building.
• Located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this location is a great place to live and practice medicine.

ABOUT THE FACILITY
• About Haywood Regional Medical Center
Haywood Regional Medical Center provides high-quality health care for the people of Haywood County, North Carolina and surrounding communities. Offering over twenty-three specialties, a health and fitness center, an outpatient care center, eight physician clinics and a hospice and palliative care facility, Haywood Regional Medical Center works to improve life in the communities we serve.
• MedWest Haywood and Duke LifePoint Healthcare have finalized Duke LifePoint’s acquisition of the 169-bed medical center and its affiliated assets. Duke LifePoint will invest a minimum of $36 million in capital improvements at Haywood facilities over the next eight years and provide resources that will help it enhance and expand its services. MedWest Haywood will now be known as Haywood Regional Medical Center.
• Created in 1927, Haywood Regional was the first county hospital in North Carolina. It offers a comprehensive array of services, including orthopedics, spine services, cardiology, general surgery, women's care, emergency medicine and behavioral health. In addition to its medical center, its campus is home to a health and fitness center, the Haywood Outpatient Care Center, and The Homestead, an inpatient hospice facility. Haywood Regional also operates two urgent care centers located in Hazelwood and Canton.
• As part of Duke LifePoint, Haywood Regional will support its local economy by becoming a local taxpayer. A local board of trustees will be established to ensure a strong community voice in Haywood Regional’s long-term strategic direction.
• About Duke LifePoint Healthcare
Duke LifePoint Healthcare, a joint venture of Duke University Health System, Inc. and LifePoint Hospitals® (NASDAQ: LPNT), was established to build a dynamic network of hospitals and health care providers. The joint venture, which brings together LifePoint's experience in community-based hospital management and Duke's world-renowned leadership in clinical service, is strengthening and improving health care delivery by providing community hospitals the clinical, quality and operational resources they need to grow and prosper.

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
• Clyde, NC a small town of 1,300+, is located just west of Asheville and has the distinction of being "away from it all" but without the isolation usually associated with mountain living.
• Long associated with neighboring Canton, Clyde is also home to Haywood Community College and the Haywood Regional Medical Center. Recently two industrial parks have been developed just north of the Canton/Clyde.
• Clyde is surrounded by mountains and valleys which afford numerous outdoor recreational opportunities to the visitors and residents. Clyde is also the home of the Shook Museum, housed in one of the oldest buildings still standing in Haywood County. It was built around 1795 by Jacob Shook for his son Peter.