General Orthopedic Surgeon - Sports Medicine - SSM Health Dean Medical Group-Janesville, WI

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WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Janesville

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

SSM Health Dean Medical Group, a 500+ physician multi-specialty group headquartered in Madison, WI, is actively recruiting for a BE/BC Orthopedic Surgeon for its Janesville East facility. Sports medicine interests can be pursued. J1 eligible opportunity. Additional details:

• The new physician will join an experienced team and be a vital part of the orthopedic surgery department

• Shared call responsibilities of 1:4

• J1 eligible (must have completed residency/fellowship training in U.S. and be BE/BC by ABOS)

• The Janesville East Clinic has approximately 50 physicians in a wide variety of specialties.

• Excellent compensation with lucrative signing bonus (including relocation if qualified) and comprehensive benefits will be provided.

The Hospital

• SSM Health St. Mary's Janesville Hospital is a modern, state-of-the-art 50-bed facility

• Opened in January 2012 with an adjacent physician's office complex

• The surgeons enjoy the convenience of practicing in a beautiful new facility in which physician offices are just a brief stroll to the operating rooms.

• New MAKO robot

• The hospital provides health care services from Urgent Care to ICU, and a recently added on site radiation oncology facility.

• The emergency room response time for Orthopedic Surgery is 60 minutes.

• Electronic medical records are also seamlessly connected throughout the entire system via Epic.

• SSM St. Mary's Janesville Hospital is part of SSM Health, an integrated health system that has facilities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma

The Community

• Janesville ~~~ is a mid-sized city of about 65,000 and known as Wisconsin's Great Outdoors with more than 60 parks and 35 miles of trails with unlimited choices for recreation

• Janesville economy is on the rise and enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in 20 years

• Only a 45-minute drive to the state's capitol, Madison, and less than two hour to Chicago and Milwaukee

• Easily connect to airline hubs all over the world at one of four major airports within 90 miles of Janesville

SSM Health Dean Medical Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Job Summary:

Diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for obtaining call coverage by other medical staff members for holidays, vacations and other time off.

• Responsible for the standard of practice for patient population.

• Responsibility for maintaining a private office and all clinical decision making within the office during times of service.

• Acts as an advisor and consultant in the establishment of operational policies of the practice to include: (1) Purchasing and capital allocations; (2) Managed care plan participation; (3) Budget and practice expenses; (4) Medicare/Medicaid participation; (5) Billing and collection of professional fees; (6) Personnel management and related policies; (7) Risk management and quality assurance; and (8) Coding compliance.

• Responsible for after-hours call coverage for patients of the practice, in addition to office appointments.

• Participates in community service activities, including speaking engagements, writing and special clinical programs as reasonably requested.

• Responsible for all risk management, coding compliance and quality assurance activities and functions in and related to the practice.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

~~~ Jnsvll Ortho

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

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