Orthopedics-Hand Opening in Phoenix, AZ

Hand Surgeon – Academic & Trauma | Phoenix, AZ ### The Opportunity Seeking a full-time Hand Surgeon with a strong interest in academics and trauma to join the Department of Surgery at a community hospital with a State and American College of Surgeons designated Level I Trauma and Burn Center in the metropolitan Phoenix area. The surgeon will become an integral member of a busy hand practice with a strong emphasis on trauma, supported by the general surgery trauma team, and will play a key role in resident education and clinical service line development. The position is part of a not-for-profit faculty practice plan owned and operated by physicians consisting of more than 400 providers representing all major medical and surgical specialties, serving as the academic faculty practice plan affiliated with Creighton University (Phoenix). --- ### Position Details

• Faculty appointment in the Department of Surgery
• Traditional inpatient and outpatient services including elective, urgent, and emergent hand care
• Assist the Hand Section Chief in developing the clinical service line
• Resident education and teaching responsibilities
• On-call coverage
• The Department hosts a General Surgery and Surgical Podiatry Residency Program and provides supervision to plastic surgery resident rotators --- ### Qualifications
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in hand surgery
• Certificate in Added Qualifications for Hand Surgery or Surgery of the Hand certified/eligible
• Comfortable with a teamwork approach to patient management
• Strong interest in academics and trauma