Physician - Acute Care Surgery - Grand Rapids, MI

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI

8d • 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 for a colleague who is drawn to complex, high-volume work and wants to help impact a program that continues to evolve. The Division is comprised of nineteen surgeons and nine advanced practice providers who care for the traumatically injured, critically ill, burned, and emergency general surgery patients at Butterworth Hospital, an ACS verified Level I Adult Trauma Center for thirty-five consecutive years. Butterworth Hospital serves as a quaternary referral center for a region of more than 9 million people, supported by an extensive EMS and AeroMed flight system, with over 350,000 emergency room visits and 75,000 admissions each year. 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 the acute resuscitation of the burn patient and in the care of the burn patient in the surgical ICU setting. Teaching medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as clinical and translational research, are abundant opportunities, and teaching is an expected and valued part of the role.

Requirements

• Board certified in General Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care (Eligible is OK if you are a new graduate).
• Michigan MD/DO License
• 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 the burn patient and in the care of the burn patient in the surgical ICU setting.
• Engage with performance improvement and patient safety data and help act on it.
• Educate medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Engage 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 the things that matter to you, like 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