Surgery - General Physician

Acommunity-focused healthcare facility in Dickinson, North Dakota is seeking aLocums General Surgery Physician to provide ongoing surgical and call coverage.This opportunity offers a balanced mix of scheduled surgical procedures, clinicresponsibilities, inpatient rounding, and on-call coverage within a supportiverural hospital environment.

• Coverage Need:
• Approximately 14 working days per month
• Approximately 10 days of call coverage per month
• Practice Setting:
• Inpatient, outpatient clinic, and surgical coverage
• Trauma Level: IV
• Hospital Bed Count: 25 beds
• Average Daily Census: 15 patients

• Scheduled surgeries performed Monday through Friday
• Emergent surgical coverage required 24/7
• Call coverage includes:
• Phone consults
• Admissions
• Rounding on General Surgery patients only
• Call response time: 20 minutes

• Average General Surgery patient volume during 24-hour call:
• Approximately 0 5 patients

• Abdominal surgery
• Endoscopy
• Liver procedures
• Stomach procedures
• Gallbladder surgery
• Appendectomy
• Colon surgery
• Laparoscopic procedures
• Spleen procedures

• Pediatric surgery
• Thyroid procedures
• Pulmonary procedures
• Vascular procedures

• MD or DO required
• Board Certified in General Surgery highly preferred
• Board Eligible candidates accepted within 3 years of completing U.S. residency training
• Active North Dakota medical license required
• Current ACLS certification required
• Active DEA required