General Surgery Opportunity in Tennnessee!
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Job description
ATC West Locums is recruiting a general surgeon for seven-day rotations that include surgical consults, operative care, and 24/7 call. Robotic surgery experience is required.
Our locums division is physician-led by Dr. Niral Shah, a practicing trauma and surgical critical care physician who serves as our Chief Medical Officer.
Schedule and APP support
- Seven consecutive days of coverage, with handoffs typically on Thursdays.
- A daytime APP writes progress notes Monday through Friday.
- Shelby, NP, runs the weekly Thursday clinic.
- When available, the NP typically evaluates and documents overnight consults. The surgeon comes in overnight for emergencies requiring surgery.
- There is no NP coverage on Saturdays or Sundays.
Responsibilities and case mix
Evaluate general surgery consults, manage surgical patients, and perform urgent and emergent procedures. Typical cases include:
- Robotic and open appendectomies
- Cholecystectomies
- Ostomy creation for small bowel obstruction
- Graham patch repair for perforated ulcers
- Incision and drainage
- Sacral wound debridement, with or without a diverting ostomy
Endoscopy is outside the scope of this assignment.
Pediatric cases and transfers
The facility accepts pediatric patients weighing more than 100 pounds. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a transfer option for children younger than 10 and receives all transplant cases.
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