General Surgery Locum Opportunity in North Carolina

General Surgery- No clinic time just call and possible surgeries if needed


Open Dates:


24 hour call only - no clinic, Friday- Sunday shifts

Dec 20-22

Jan 24-26

Feb 14-16

Mar 14-16


Will there be any acute care need? Yes

Is there trauma involved? If so, what level? Potential/ Not a trauma center


Call schedule

7a-7a


Expected amount of time in Hospital

2-4 hours per day of rounding, and remaining hours on-call with call-back obligations.


Patient Volume= 3-4 consults/10 pts. on rounds

Support Staff : Hosp. staff only

Will they be solo or have other surgeons on staff? Solo on call


Inpatient/Outpatient/Both: Inpatient


EMR system :Paragon


Area/Procedure: (Required/Preferred/Not required)

General Surgery

Adult-Required

Pediatric-Required

Neonate-Not Required

Trauma-Required


Appendectomy-Yes

Cholecystectomy-Yes

Hernioplasty-Yes


Chest wall/pleural procedures-Yes

Chest tube insertion-Yes

Central line insertion-Yes


* Vascular access devices

Temporary only


Documentation of Patient Contact Hours

(including call back hours included in the rate and charged call back hours)


Physicians must document in the timesheet the specific reason for the call back and they should have a description such that the note can be validated if an audit report was generated in an electronic health record.


Telephone calls and medical record reviews should not be considered on site call back hours.