Job description
Plastic Surgery opening in Bakersfield, CA
H1b Eligible
*We are looking for a plastic surgeon with a hand fellowship or trained and willing to do hands and a plastic/hand or ortho/hand surgeon with a hand fellowship who will mostly do hands but willing to do some general surgery. There needs to be comfort/experience with trauma. Any esthetics will be a bonus but we are not looking for a cosmetic plastic surgeon.*
Position Details
- Full-time, permanent
- Employed
- Hospital OR, Aesthetics Center and Ambulatory Surgery Center (100% cosmetics not available position)
- Mentorship available
- Equitable call & will depend on sub-specialty, i.e., if are also boarded in hand, would take hand call or facial plastics will take facial call, along with plastic call, etc.
- Level II Trauma Center & Stroke Center
- General Surgery Residency will start July 1, 2024
- APP support
Compensation and Benefits Details
Compensation: 650K - 1,000,000
Commencement bonus
Relocation reimbursement
Excellent medical, dental, vision insurance options
Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Paid Education Leave
CME Reimbursement
Retirement, vested day one
Malpractice and tail coverage provided
Loan Forgiveness Program Qualification
Requirements
Must be residency-trained
Fellowship training welcomed
Hand surgery experience or fellowship &/or certification
Board certified/eligible required
About the Group
Only designated level II trauma center in the area
Serves as a tertiary medical center (222 beds)
UCLA affiliated teaching hospital
Group trains over 200 medical students, residents and fellows annually
Graduate medical education programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry and Pharmacy as well as Fellowship Programs in Child & Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatry and Infectious Disease
Accredited stroke center
Ten outpatient clinics for nearly 120,000 patients
By the Numbers
2,552 trauma activations
49,707 emergency room visits
4,760 surgeries
153,290 outpatient clinic visits
8,035 inpatient admissions
1,792 births
2,500 employees
6,821 COVID vaccinations
24,522 COVID drive through tests
Community Details
Growing community with over 400,000 residents in town and almost 1 million in the county
Excellent schools, great neighborhoods and affordable housing
Proximity to world-class beaches and the high Sierra mountains
Warm, temperate climate with long summers - Bakersfield is ranked as one of the sunniest cities in the US
Rated as one of the Best Places to Live in California (CA) by US News
Easy-access to museums, concerts, river rafting, golf courses, national parks, rock climbing, and more
Located in Californias San Joaquin Valley just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles California (CA) and 2 hours from Disneyland!