Physician - care surgeon

Job Title: Acute Care Surgeon

Location: Rockville, MD

Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time

Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 per year for Full-time

Acute Care Surgeon Jobs in Rockville, MD: Same Surgical Skills, a Better Way to Practice

You trained for years to become an Acute Care Surgeon. But across the country, trauma and emergency surgery coverage gaps mean longer hours, heavier call and less time for life outside medicine. Top-tier Acute Care Surgeons shouldn’t have to give up their health, families and weekends for their careers. Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Acute Care Surgeons in Rockville, MD to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.

Maybe you’re an Acute Care Surgeon ready to step away from 24-hour trauma shifts, relentless emergency general surgery call and productivity targets at large health systems. Maybe you want clinical autonomy outside the high-pressure hospital environment. Either way, this no-call Acute Care Surgeon job offers a high-impact surgical career without the corporate red tape.

Why Acute Care Surgeons in Rockville, MD Choose Wound Care

In a specialty where being on call can mean missed dinners, cancelled vacations and 2 a.m. trauma activations, we offer a refreshing alternative:

The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No trauma alerts, no 2 a.m. emergency cases. This is a true Monday–Friday surgeon job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.

Keep Your Surgical Skills: Surgical debridement and bedside procedures stay part of your daily practice, so you can put your procedural expertise to work every day.

A Sustainable Surgical Career: Bedside procedures are far less physically demanding than long operative cases and overnight shifts, so the strain on your body (and your sleep schedule) goes down and you can keep practicing for years to come.

Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your surgical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.

Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.

Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Rockville, MD:

Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures

Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non‑healing and complex wounds

Advanced dressings and specialized wound protocols

Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post‑acute setting, where you follow patients through healing

Acute Care Surgeon Salary & Compensation

Average Annual Earnings: $200,000–$250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)

High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses

Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs

Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution

Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)

DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one

Open Background: We welcome Acute Care Surgeons and surgeons of all backgrounds, as well as Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians. No previous wound care experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training

Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 4th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.

Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.

Skilled Wound Care, part of Skilled Physicians Group, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

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