Physician - Neurosurgery Fort Lauderdale

Locum Neurosurgeon Coverage Needed

Holy Cross Hospital is looking for urgent locum neurosurgeon coverage! Dates of coverage: December 24 starting at 7am through 7am December 27, and future sporadic needs/vacation coverage that may arise. Practice setting: hospital based. Clinic schedule: 24 hour on call for ED and practice patients. Average number of surgical cases per day: 1. Trauma level/designation: not a trauma center/community hospital. Annual ER volume: 55,000 - 60,000. Documentation system/EMR: EPIC. Number of operating rooms: 16. Number of neurosurgeons in practice: 1 employed. Patient age demographic: adolescent, peds, neonate, adult, geriatric, adults 18+. Estimated credentialing timeframe: emergency credentialing will be performed. Facility reimburse for the following costs: flight, hotel, rental car, mileage billed at the IRS standard rate. Prefer to have local candidates but if not available the following limitations are to be in place: no first class or business class tickets for airline - coach should be used - no luxury hotel reservations. Required procedures: neurosurgery cases, clot removal, tumor removal, shunt insertion or revision, diskectomy, laminectomy, spinal fusion, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, spine stabilization and reconstruction, CSF sampling from shunts or external ventricular drains, external ventricular drain management. Submission requirements: board certified (ABNS or ACOS) - required, Florida state license - required, clean malpractice/background - required, must note availability at the time of name clear - required, BLS - required, must be able to perform procedures listed above - required. Certification requirements: BLS. State license requirements: Florida.