Locum Tenens Orthopedic Surgery: General Jobs in McMinnville, Tennessee

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: No
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: Immediately

Job Quick Facts

* Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery

* Facility Location: TN (74 miles southeast from Nashville, TN)

* Board Requirement: BC/BE

* License Requirement: TN

* Reason for Need: Supplemental

* Coverage Period: ASAP - On-going

* Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient

* Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call

* Patient Population: Mainly adult, but some adolescents (minimal sports medicine)

* Shift Schedule: 2 ½ days in clinic and 2 days per week in surgery

* Call coverage: 10 days per month (scheduled internally w/ other physicians)

* Ave. no. of patients per day in clinic: 30-35

* Ave. no. of procedures per month: 34–45

* Call Response Time Required: 30 minutes

* General Orthopedic Procedures: Hips, knees, shoulders, hands not required, but a plus (currently shipping out 6-8 cases per month)

* No Trauma required

* Provider will work alongside two other highly skilled Orthopedic Surgeons (plenty of volume to go around)

* EMR: Hospital uses Cerner, Clinic uses Athena

* Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card