Acute Care Surgical Physician (Independent Contractor)

Acute Care Surgical Physician (Independent Contractor)
Location: Renton, WA

Valley Medical Center (VMC) is actively recruiting an Independent Contractor Acute Care Surgical Physician to join our established, collaborative, and collegial acute care and trauma surgical service team. Our approach to patient-centered care is team-based.

About the position:
•    Independent contractor will work shifts on an as-needed basis (no shift minimum)
•    12-hour shifts, mix of days (7a-7p) and nights (7p-7a)
•    Shift schedule is variable including weekdays, weekends, and holidays
•    Day shift will be covered by two surgeons and one APP (expanding from one surgeon and one APP)
•    Night shifts covered by one on-call surgeon
•    Average OR cases per 24h: 2.8
•    Typical patient census: 15-25
•    ACS team performs robotic surgery. 2 DaVinci Xi robots with 24/7 access.
•    Level III trauma center with average of 2 full trauma activations per month

Qualifications:
•    BC in General Surgery
•    Ability to obtain medical professional license in the State of WA and DEA with full prescriptive authority
•    BLS, ACLS, ATLS certified
•    Comfortable managing complex emergency general surgery, trauma patients, and basic thoracic patients as well.

Preferred Qualifications:
•    3 years post-residency/fellowship experience

COMPENSATION: $2,523.81 per shift

Located in Renton, Washington, Valley Medical Center is the largest not-for-profit healthcare provider between Seattle and Tacoma, serving more than 600,000 residents. In addition to the 341-bed hospital with its Level III Trauma Center, Valley operates a network of more than four dozen primary care, urgent care, and specialty clinics, with most located on or near the hospital campus.

One of the most culturally diverse communities in the country, our mission to care for our community like family extends to the entire Valley “work family” who prioritize safety, respect, compassion, collaboration, equity, diversity, inclusion, innovation and excellence.
Just 30 minutes from downtown Seattle and Bellevue, the surrounding southeast King County communities allow you to easily enjoy a wide variety of Northwest recreational opportunities, along with more affordable homes, less traffic and access to a top school district.

www.valleymed.org

Interested applicants should email their CV to Gina Luchini at [email protected]