The Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery at Bayfront Health Medical Center is seeking to add a full-time surgeon to our service. We currently have 5 full-time surgeons and are looking to add a sixth as we transition to cover Emergency General Surgery and in line with an Acute Care Surgery model. The Division is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and is restructuring clinical coverage responsibilities to focus on work-life integration and professional development. We are a licensed 480 bed facility, and we add approximately 3000 patients per year to the trauma registry with about 1400 admissions to the trauma service. We see a broad spectrum of blunt and penetrating trauma. We have a dedicated 16 bed Trauma ICU and a separate Neuro ICU.

Successful candidates would be outstanding clinicians who are interested in quality improvement, educational endeavors to include prehospital and hospital providers. Responsibilities will include coverage of Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Emergent General Surgery on a rotational basis with the 5 other surgeons. We have 11 APPs that provide around the clock coverage. Interpersonal skills and teaching ability are vitally important. Requirements include board certification or eligibility in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.

Qualifications Requirements:

• 2 - 5 years of experience
• Completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited residency in general surgery.
• Current Certification in Surgical Critical Care by the American Board or Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.
• Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care
• Unrestricted Florida medical license (or ability to obtain one) and DEA

Practice Highlights:

• Thriving physician-led, professionally managed healthcare system.
• Excellent brand recognition, with new patients seeking out Bayfront Health for their care.
• Integrated multidisciplinary and subspecialized practice environment.
• Robust operational support and resources in a collaborative work environment.
• Dynamic administration that fosters physician autonomy when it comes to clinical decision making and patient outcomes.
• Opportunity for growth and leadership development.

Financial Package:

• Excellent compensation package, opportunity to make more based-on productivity.
• Benefits package includes time away for vacations and conferences, health/vision/dental insurance along with full malpractice coverage, disability coverage, deferred compensation and retirement savings options.
• Generous starting bonus with eligibility for an annual bonus.
• Please note that we are not able to offer J1 visa sponsorship.

Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group

Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group is a comprehensive emergency, medical and surgical acute-care facility, serving the residents of the region for more than 110 years. Bayfront Health has been part of the Orlando Health organization since October 2020.

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is a 480-bed tertiary care center and the only Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. With advanced technology and expertise in numerous specialties, including cardiovascular, neuroscience, obstetrics, digestive health, orthopedics, surgery, emergency and trauma, and acute rehabilitation, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care. The hospital holds DHV-GL certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Joint Commission certification in hip and knee joint replacement. A 38-bed neurosciences unit has a dedicated neurology team with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. Bayfront Health has been accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 adult epilepsy center. This accreditation is reserved for centers providing the most complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment. Orlando Health Bayfront Baby Place offers full obstetrical care and, in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, is a state-certified Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC) — one of only 13 in Florida.

Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group is committed to staying at the forefront of medical research and technology and, as a teaching hospital, provides an exceptional training and learning environment with residency programs in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and pharmacy; a fellowship program in sports medicine; and home to the NAACLS-accredited Bayfront Health St. Petersburg School of Medical Technology.

Recognized with many patient-care quality and safety ratings over the years, recent awards include:

• High-performing rankings in diabetes and stroke – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024
• Tampa Bay Best of the Best 2023 – Tampa Bay Times
  • Best Place to Have a Baby
  • Best Emergency Room
  • Best Cardiology
• Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Plus Achievement - Stroke – American Heart Association, 2023
  • Gold Plus Achievement - 10-Year Recognition
  • Target: Stroke™ Honor Roll
  • Target: Type 2™ Diabetes Honor Roll
• Heart Failure Accreditation – American College of Cardiology