Physician Surgeon Hand

Job Title

Orthopedic Surgeon

Job Description

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center has a comprehensive orthopedic team that treats most orthopedic-related problems including hand/upper extremity, hip and knee replacement, shoulder repair and replacement, and spine surgery. Scope of assigned duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide resident supervision and clinical instruction in the operating room, outpatient clinic and inpatient settings.
• Attend, participate and supervise residents/students in outpatient clinics and take an active role in the evaluation of the patient, decision for treatment/care, and documentation in the patient electronic records.
• Follows the VA Guidelines established for resident supervision, including those documentation requirements in the electronic patient healthcare record.
• Conduct postoperative follow-up. Accompany the patient to the PACU assuring that the patient's condition is optimal. If admitted, visit in-house patient within 24-48 hours following anesthesia to assess post-surgical recovery.
• Supervise Residents/students in clinical instruction and the performance of any bedside procedures appropriate to their level of graduate responsibility.
• Participate in call coverage to advise and supervise residents. An on-call response time of 15 minutes by phone and 60 minutes in person is expected of Staff Surgeons at VAMC Cincinnati. This includes night, weekend, and holiday hours.
• Maintains professional competency, courtesy, and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty.
• Provide regional level specialty support to VA facilities located in South-central Ohio through such means as tele-medicine and referral-based consultations and treatment.
• Meet annual and mandatory training requirements that are specific to the Veterans Healthcare Administration.
• To support Graduate Medical Education, applicants must be competitive for faculty appointment in the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati to be considered for selection.
• Staff may be assigned to committee membership to represent the surgical service or the hospital medical staff, and actively participate in carrying out assignments by that committee.
• The surgeon must be able to function as an independent clinical provider. Initiative, diplomacy, and confidentiality are employed when dealing with patients, staff, and trainees.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m.