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Posted: 31-Oct-24
Location: Killeen, Texas
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Internal Number: 24015288
Joining the Baylor Scott & White Health team of medical professionals is a calling that is both fulfilling and rewarding. Our culture thrives in a physician-led spirit of excellence. Becoming a member of our multidisciplinary team grants you access to collegiality, innovation and advanced resources in technology. National and regional recognition of our hospitals by U.S. News & World Report is a reflection of our talent and commitment to advanced quality care that is safe and compassionate.
Baylor Scott and White Health Specialty Clinic - Killeen Hemingway is seeking an Acute Care General Surgeon to join our Community Surgery Program in Killeen, TX. This is an employed career opportunity with a generous benefits package that offers work-life balance, a competitive salary, productivity bonus, moving allowance, and no state income tax.
Candidates must be BC/BE in General Surgery.
We are looking for a committed team player with a favorable work/ training history that is interested in developing and growing a community hospital based acute care general surgery practice. The ideal candidate should be focused on quality, and be able to effectively collaborate with referring physicians, agencies and other professionals to provide outstanding patient care in a community based and resourced hospital setting. This community based surgical practice will have a robust tertiary and quaternary referral center (Baylor Scott & White Healthcare) as a partnership to assist with more advanced, complex and subspecialty care intensive patients.
Position Information:
· Option to provide 1 week out of 4 weeks of acute care surgery call at a 0.5 FTE.
· Position can be expanded up to 1.0 FTE depending on clinical workload, time investment, and patient care delivery needs.
· Level 4 trauma center
· Emergency and elective access to operating room and endoscopy suite
· Academic affiliation with Baylor College of Medicine
· Dedicated same day referral clinic, and follow up clinic to provide continuity of care.
For additional information, please send your CV to: Teresa Washington, SHRM-CP, Sr. Physician Recruiter - Teresa.Washington1@BSWHealth.org
About the Killeen Area
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood is a metropolitan statistical area in Central Texas that covers three counties: Bell, Coryell, and Lampasas. As of the 2015, the area had a population of 450,051. Killeen is conveniently located only 68 miles northwest of Austin and 155 miles southwest of the Dallas Fort Worth area. The community is enriched with diversity, family-friendly culture, great schools and two beautiful lakes. The area is ideal for those who enjoy living in a smaller community but want to easily access big cities.
About AdventHealth Central Texas
AdventHealth Central Texas is a 230-bed acute-care hospital with a Level IV Trauma designation. Located in Killeen, the medical center offers a wide range of clinical and surgical services that include an emergency department open 24/7, cardiovascular care, orthopedics, diagnostic imaging, and other services, and plays a central role in community wellness.
Through various contracts with AdventHealth, Baylor Scott & White Health provides hospitalist, physician, nurse practitioner, and CRNA support to name a few, to help with their staffing needs. In addition, five Baylor Scott & White Health clinics including three care clinics, a specialty clinic, and McLane Children?s Scott & White Clinic - Killeen provide physician services to patients in the Killeen community.
About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White Health was born from the 2013 combination of Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare. Today, Baylor Scott & White includes 52 hospitals, more than 800 patient care sites, 7,300 active physicians, over 49,000 employees and the Scott & White Health Plan.
Qualifications:
- MD/DO degree
- Board Certification or Board Eligible by the American Board of Surgery or Osteopathic Board Certification
- Texas Medical License
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons when qualified
- ACLS and ATLS
- Experience acute care general surgery and community-based trauma surgery care is valuable and expected.
- Endoscopy experience is encouraged and desired.