Charlotte, NC, United States
Job ID: 136806
Job Family: Physicians
Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Status: Full Time
Department Name: 31841044230156-Surgical Services
If it's possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina and South Carolina.
We invite surgeons to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and progressive visionaries together in our Department of Surgery team at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Candidates should be committed to excellence in patient care, medical education, and leadership.
Candidates with fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery and experience or expertise in health services research are preferred.
Section of General SurgeryThe priorities of the Section of General Surgery are to:
Excellence in patient-centered care and quality improvement.Resident, medical student, and advanced care practitioner education.Research focused on the most effective ways to organize, manage, finance, and deliver high-quality general surgery care.This unique opportunity in the Section of General Surgery entails the following:
A collaborative broad-based general surgery practice comprised primarily of emergency general surgery with opportunities for an elective practice.Inpatient and outpatient services supported by Advanced Practice Practitioners.Opportunities for scholarly and professional development activities.Call schedule of approximately 4 weeknights a month, no more than 1 in every 4 weekends.Opportunity for Wake Forest Department of Surgery academic appointment.Job RequirementsQualified candidates must be BC/BE in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery.Fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery or Acute Care Surgery is preferred.Our cohesive group of surgeons has expertise in minimally invasive techniques and emergency general surgery care and are dedicated to the priorities listed above.
Successful candidates will also be expected to support the missions and vision of the Department of Surgery at Atrium Health.
Atrium Health and the Department of SurgeryAtrium Health is one of the largest, most comprehensive, and integrated, public, not-for-profit systems in the nation compromising more than 7,500 licensed beds, employing nearly 70,000 people and accounting for more than 12 million patient encounters on an annual basis.
The Section of General Surgery covers emergency general surgery services at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health Mercy, Atrium Health Pineville, and also performs elective general surgery cases.
This position will be primarily at Atrium Health Pineville which is a 307 bed acute care hospital.
All surgeons assist in providing coverage at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Atrium Health Mercy.
Freestanding emergency rooms within Atrium Health provide additional access to patients and surgical consultations to all locations.
Atrium Health Pineville supports three freestanding emergency rooms (the third projected to open in late 2024) and Atrium Health Mercy supports one freestanding ED as well as receives patients from Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Emergency Department.
The Department of Surgery has 75 full-time clinical faculty and 6 PhD translational and basic science researchers.
The Divisions in the Department of Surgery are Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Acute Care Surgery, General and Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery, Hepatopancreatic and Biliary (HPB) Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, and Urology.
This position will be in the Division of General and GI Surgery, which has 17 faculty members in the Sections of Colorectal Surgery, GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, and General Surgery.
The General Surgery section is actively engaged in a wide variety of leadership opportunities within the healthcare system and nationally.
Strategic PrioritiesTo focus on quality and evidence-based practices in surgery.To foster innovations in surgical practice, education and research.To support all faculty in achieving their full academic potential while recognizing the importance of work-life balance.To promote greater integration and interdisciplinarity across divisions, departments, hospitals, research laboratories and other academic units.To embody transparency and fairness in all of our strategic directions and academic pursuits.The Department of Surgery established the Carolinas Center for Clinical Outcomes Science in 2018, in order to promote a culture of excellence in surgical research, investigation and scholarship through the optimization of care delivery by improving clinical outcomes using innovative data analytics methodologies.
The candidate will have access to the resources of the Center for collaborative and independent health services research.
When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together.
Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally.
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