No visa's. This facility is looking for a BC/BE general surgeon to join a group with 2 other full-time and 2 part-time GS's. They work 4 days a week with a call of 1 in 4. The cases are typical bread and butter cases: elective cholecystectomies, GI cancer, laparoscopic hernia repair, hernia surgery, breast surgery, GI surgery, thyroid and emergent general surgery appendicitis, perforated diverticulitis, bowel obstructions, diagnostic and therapeutic upper endoscopies and colonoscopies. CRNA team provides anesthesia services.
Financial:
- $250K base salary for 2 years
- Competitive benefits package
Facility:
- Small rural hospital
- 6 ICU beds
- 4 OR's adn 1 C-section room
- 2600 surgeries annually
- Patients come from all the surrounding communities
- The hospital is very busy and has a good surgery volume
- Hospital is only a few years old
- Hospitalist for admissions 6 PM to 6 AM
- Well staffed nursing personnel
- EMS paramedic served
- ED is Trauma Level IV
- Primarily farm and agricultural trauma
- Good specialty back up
- CT and lab on site
Location:
- Western Colorado
- Elevation is 5,000
- Very little snow
- Population of 8,000 with the surrounding area making it over 30,000
- Summers are low 90's with cool nights and winters are in the 30's on average.
- Small rural community
- Ranked in the top 1/3 of communities for climate, housing, health care and recreation.
- Year round fishing, hiking, mountain biking, four wheeling, snow skiing, etc.
- Locally they have a nationally recognized golf course.
- Big and small game hunting is abundant
- Powder Horn is 45 minutes away, 1.5 hours away is Telluride while Aspen and Crested Butte are 2 hours away.
- Less than an hour from Grand Junction, CO
- Incredible scenery, sports, wildlife and nature.
- Slower and quieter paced lifestyle.
- Family oriented and very safe community For more info, go to http://spotonrecruiting.com/search/showjob/id/1685
