Neurosurgery - 20584439

UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central • Colorado Springs, CO

4h • Onsite

About The Position

UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is seeking locum neurosurgeons to provide weekend call coverage beginning at the end of January 2027. The role provides neurosurgical coverage for adult and trauma patients requiring emergency, urgent, and scheduled care, including cranial and spinal procedures, traumatic brain injuries, intracranial hemorrhage, CSF diversion, and neurocritical care. Coverage is intended to support continuity of care, timely intervention, and appropriate management of complex neurosurgical conditions.

The required coverage is every weekend, from Friday at 7 a.m. through Monday at 7 a.m. Candidates must be willing to cover the entire stretch; no exceptions. The setting is inpatient call at a Level I trauma facility. The patient population is age 17 and above. The facility reports more than 100,000 annual emergency department visits, 12 operating rooms, and six neurosurgeons in practice.

The facility provides fully equipped operating rooms, neurosurgical instruments and equipment, imaging and diagnostic services, anesthesia services, and access to an ICU/neurocritical care unit. Support staff include neurosurgery attending physicians, neurosurgery APPs (two during the day and one at night), operating room nurses and technicians, anesthesia providers, ICU/neurocritical care nursing staff, and other clinical personnel. Teaching or supervision may be required as applicable to the provider’s training, experience, and privileges, particularly for APP supervision.

Rates are listed by tier for 24-hour call, all-inclusive: Tier 1 is $6,875 and below; Tier 2 is $6,876–$7,700. Orientation and malpractice are included in the rates. A conversion fee rate cap of $25,000 is listed.

Requirements

• Willingness to cover the full Friday 7 a.m. to Monday 7 a.m. stretch every weekend; no exceptions.
• Board certification.
• Colorado state license.
• ACLS certification.
• BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekend neurosurgical call coverage from Friday at 7 a.m. through Monday at 7 a.m., every weekend.
• Provide neurosurgical care to adult and trauma patients requiring emergency, urgent, and scheduled services.
• Perform or manage cranial and spinal procedures, including tumor removal, brain bleed stoppage, trauma repair, shunt insertion or revision, cranial burr holes, diskectomy, laminectomy, spinal fusion, and spine stabilization and reconstruction.
• Manage traumatic brain injuries, intracranial hemorrhage, neurocritical conditions, CSF diversion, and postoperative or critically ill patients.
• Perform or manage intracranial pressure monitor insertion, ventricular taps, ventriculoperitoneal shunt taps or reprogramming, ventriculostomy, lumbar punctures, lumbar drain placement, and CSF sampling from shunts or external ventricular drains.
• Place arterial and venous access and administer vasoactive or sedating substances.
• Interpret EEGs and manage and interpret ICP and CCP data.
• Manage external ventricular drains and apply and manage hypothermia.
• Provide teaching or supervision as applicable to training, experience, and privileges, particularly for APP supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed