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Job at a glance
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Locums/Travel
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job description
Job description
- Work Dates Needed: Start: July 31, 2026 End: December 31, 2027
- Reason: Vacancy – longterm permanent search
- Preferred Schedule: Coverage type: Call only
- ED ortho call: Ongoing; 9 call shifts per month, targeting 1–2 weekends per month
- Call type: Beeper; answer all calls within 15 minutes and be onsite within 30 minutes when needed
- Typical callback time: 0 to 2–4 hours per shift; ~5 phone consults per 24 hours
- Worksite Setting: Mercy Hospital Ardmore, Oklahoma (Mercy Clinic Orthopedics)
- Department size: 150 beds; average ~10 orthopaedic inpatients on service, ~6 patients per shift listed
- Support: 2 local integrated ortho surgeons plus 1 nonintegrated ortho with privileges
- Hospital: Stroke certified; Trauma Level 3, PEDs Level 3
- Scope of Work:
- Role: ED orthopaedic call only – “bread and butter” emergency ortho
- Musthave: Surgeon who can and will do total hips and knees, especially able to fix hip fractures coming through ED; total knees helpful but not a deal breaker
- Required skills (marked required):
- Arthroscopy
- Total joint replacement (hip, knee, other)
- Joint revision/repair (shoulder, hip, knee, other)
- Hand, tendon release/repair, peripheral nerve surgery
- Spine with and without instrumentation (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Percutaneous disc surgery
- Privileges: Hospital/surgery center privileges and admissions required
- License: Oklahoma or IMLC
- Board: At least boardeligible in Orthopaedic Surgery; BC required by facility
- Required certs: ACLS and BLS (no ATLS, PALS, ABLS
- EMR: Epic
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