Coverage Needed

• May 1 - Ongoing
  • Weekends Needed: July 12-15, July 19-22, July 26-29, Aug 2-5, Aug 9-11, Aug 23-26, Aug 30-Sept 2
  • Friday OR days (June 7th, Aug 2nd, Aug 9th, Aug16th): 7:30am-5:30pm

Schedule

• Surgical block would include all the Ortho trauma block time (8a-7p Mon-friday, with 2 rooms on Tuesday and Friday, and 8a-1p on Sat and Sun)

Clinical Details

• Average case load per block is 3-5 cases during the summer, with all types of ortho trauma cases (upper extremity, lower extremity, periarticular fractures, pelvic/acetabular fractures)
• Hospital bed size: 378

Requirements

• American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS) or the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery (AOBOS) or obtain such certification within 3 years of employment
• DEA and CSR
• Minimum experience required: 1 year. **Trauma Fellowship required**
• Must have experience taking call in a trauma center. Also, must have experience treating periarticular fractures and pelvis/acetabulum fractures. All types of ortho trauma cases (upper extremity, lower extremity) Cases They Will NOT do: Joint replacements, sports injuries (ACL/RC tears), diabetic foot (those go to foot/ankle) and hand/wrist (those go to hand surgery)

Call

• Call Schedule: Average is 1-2 call nights per week
• Call response time of 30 minutes or less
• 1 weekend of call per month
  • If covering the weekend, then no additional calls for that week unless other surgeons are out on PTO
  • During the summer, we are busier so being called in to do a case after hours while on call is not uncommon, probably happens about 75% of the time but I do not know the official numbers.
  • All call (including weekends) is supported by an ortho trauma APP.

Support Staff

• Will work with 3 other ortho trauma fellowship trained surgeons

EMR

• Epic