Job Summary
Job Description
This Birmingham Health System is seeking a Board certified/board eligible General Surgeon, specializing in Breast Surgery. Job features include the following.
- 100% Breast Surgery practice
- No General Surgery responsibilities or ER call
- Patient population > 15,000. Founded in 1994 by Dr. Susan Winchester. Specializing in breast care for the entirety of the practice; however, in December of 2010 made the official change from general surgery to breast and endocrine only.
- Collection guarantee
- Pathway to partnership
- CME paid time off
- Malpractice, Medical and Dental covered at no cost
- 3 weeks of vacation per year
- Dues paid for professional memberships
- Board certified in Surgery, preferred fellowship in SSO or ASBS. Willing to train new grad in ultrasound guided and stereotactic guided procedures.
- Not willing to sponsor a visa, MD only, American trained
- EMR in place: MediTouch by health Fusion. Meaningful Use Stage 1 attestation completed successfully. PQRS through ASBS clinical registry.
- 5 exam rooms with adequate space for expansion
- Fully staffed at this time for 1 physician. Plan to add additional staffing as needed upon hiring second physician.
- Use Hospitalist for medical care post operatively
- Block scheduling
- Full clinic day = 30 – 40 patients. If patient needs a biopsy, they do it same-say in-office so their patient numbers are not as high as some practices.
- Thyroid biopsies and thyroid aspirations are not required of the new surgeon. Dr. Winchester likes to do these and kept this part of her general surgery practice.
- Procedures in-office: ultrasound, stereotactic biopsies, aspirations, incision and drainage, some minor excisional surgery with local anesthesia
- Payer mix: 60% Blue Cross, 30% Medicare, 5% United Health Care, 5% all others. Do not accept Medicaid. Do take AL Breast & Cervical Early Detection Program with the Department of Health. It is federally funded for the uninsured and underinsured.
- Rounds required only on post-operative patients for discharge management. No unattached or general surgery call.
- Would anticipate call coverage of personal patients with cross-coverage schedule worked out for vacation/out-of-town times.
- Moral values very important.
- Everything centers on the patient.
- Same day diagnosis.
- Genetic testing and BRACA testing available when indicated.
- Philosophy of caring for patients’ body, mind and spirit.
- In-office diagnostic breast health including digital mammography, breast ultrasound, stereotactic (Intact Breast Lesion Excision System) and ultrasound guided biopsy, balloon insertion for accelerated partial breast irradiation (Mammosite and Contura)
- On-site radiologist
- Walk into volume in this highly respected practice, multi-state referral base with a patient population in excess of 12,000. A great partnership opportunity with huge potential!
This health system is part of the nation’s largest non-profit health system and the largest Catholic health system in the world, operating 2,500 sites of care – including 141 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia.
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