Hospital / Clinic Employed Orthopedic Surgery: General Job in Paducah, Kentucky
This Orthopedic Surgery: General position in Paducah, Kentucky is offered as a hospital/clinic-employed arrangement. As a W-2 employee under this structure, the employer serves as both the recruiting and paying entity, handling compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, while also providing the clinical facility and supporting infrastructure. This setup is designed to reduce business and administrative responsibilities so you can focus on clinical care. The listing's financial structure is built around straight employment with a contract, and the financial offering is listed at the national average tier.
Call responsibilities are defined as follows:
- Patient call rotation: No call
- Emergency department call rotation: 1:6 or better
This permanent role is open to candidates who are Board Certified or Board Eligible, with MD or DO training backgrounds, including both American and foreign medical graduates. Eligible work statuses include US Citizens and Green Card holders, and the position is suited to physicians with experienced or very experienced backgrounds. The opportunity spans communities ranging from under 10,000 to nearly 500,000 in population, offering flexibility in practice setting.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:6 or better
This opportunity is in a city on the Ohio River, surrounded by bucolic Kentucky pastureland. The surrounding area has rolling green hills, horse stables, great golf, and country clubs. Paducah is an outdoor paradise with two of the largest man-made lakes, Barkley and Kentucky lakes. It has art studios, a performing arts center, upscale eateries for your enjoyment, and is a convenient drive to St. Louis.
Your specialty-specific CompHealth rep places your best interests at the heart of everything they do and pays careful attention to the things that matter to you, from the big, hard-to-solve problems to the tiniest details.
Contact Wayne Wynter (Registered Profile Required) (Registered Profile Required).- $30k sign-on bonus; $10k for relocation assistance
- Loan repayment is available with this employed position
- Life insurance, medical benefits, a retirement plan, and malpractice coverage
- Fellowship required
- da Vinci robot is available; diagnostics in the clinic
- Limited call schedule
- J-1 and H-1B visas are welcome to apply
- Blocked OR time
- Our services are free for you
- We help negotiate your salary and contract
- We coordinate interviews and help with licenses
- Specialized recruiters match your career preferences
- Experienced support teams take care of every detail
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment, Contract
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $744,071 per year
- Relocation Allowance: No
- Signing Bonus: No
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: No
- Practice State: Kentucky
- Practice City: Registered Candidates Only
- Community Size: 100,000 - 499,999, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, Less than 10,000
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- 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
- Preferred Experience Level: Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds:
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- Agency: CompHealth
