Physician - Acute Care Surgery - Grand Rapids, MI

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Acute Care Surgery at Corewell Health West is seeking its twentieth acute care surgeon to join a well-established and growing service line at one of the busiest acute care surgery programs in the country. This role is ideal for a colleague drawn to complex, high-volume work who wants to impact a continuously evolving program. The division comprises nineteen surgeons and nine advanced practice providers who care for traumatically injured, critically ill, burned, and emergency general surgery patients at Butterworth Hospital, an ACS-verified Level I Adult Trauma Center. Butterworth Hospital serves as a quaternary referral center for a region of over 9 million people, with a high volume of emergency room visits and admissions annually. The division is committed to verification and continuous improvement, with active participation in trauma and quality improvement programs. The hired surgeon will rotate through trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care. While not currently recruiting a burn surgeon, all surgeons participate in burn patient resuscitation and care in the surgical ICU. Coverage is structured in 10 and 14-hour shifts, with days, nights, weekends, and holidays distributed equitably. As a main teaching hospital for Michigan State University, the Division supports an ACGME-accredited Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and a General Surgery Residency, offering abundant opportunities for education and research.

Requirements

• Board certified in General Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care (Eligible is OK if you are a new graduate).
• Michigan MD/DO License
• BC/BE - Surgical Critical Care and General Surgery

Nice To Haves

• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and is comfortable triaging competing demands across a busy service.
• Leads and delegates effectively across a multidisciplinary team that includes advanced practice providers, residents, and fellows.
• Communicates clearly and consistently, particularly at handoff and across service lines.
• Values performance improvement and patient safety as the foundation of a well-functioning program and participates actively in that work.
• Looks for ways to raise the tide, contributing to the division in ways that extend beyond excellent clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care.
• Participate in the acute resuscitation of burn patients and care for burn patients in the surgical ICU setting.
• Engage with performance improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Contribute to the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Participate in clinical and translational research.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior