Surgery - Trauma Physician
At a glance
Surgeon role posted by Britt Medical Search, a recruiter. Wichita Falls, TX · full-time.
Pay in listing Surgeon salary
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What you'll do
- Treat trauma patients and handle acute care surgery across a broad range of cases
- Cover 12-hour daytime shifts, with APP support and a dedicated 24/7 trauma operating-room block
- Average 2 3 trauma activations and 3 4 operative cases per shift
- Take part in physician leadership, committees and quality work, with a route to Trauma Director
What you bring
- Board eligibility or certification in general surgery, plus trauma or surgical critical care training
Who this fits
This full-time role suits a general surgeon trained in trauma or surgical critical care. You’ll work daytime 12-hour shifts; general surgeons cover backup call at night, and the trauma surgeons have no in-house call.
From the recruiter
A physician-led, independent, not-for-profit health system in Wichita Falls, Texas, is seeking a BE/BC General Surgeon with Trauma/Surgical Critical Care training to join the region's only Level II Trauma Center.
Position Highlights:
- Join a 325-bed Level II Trauma Center treating 2,200 trauma patients annually
- Become part of an established team of 3 Trauma and 5 General Surgeons, with all surgeons building 10+ year careers
- Trauma + Acute Care Surgery practice with a broad case mix
- 800 trauma activations annually and 7 10 Trauma & Acute Care Surgery consults daily
- Average 2 3 trauma activations and 3 4 operative cases per shift
- Dedicated 24/7 Trauma OR block
- 24/7 Intensivist support plus dedicated APP support for rounding
- 3 Da Vinci Xi robots and opportunities to maintain a broad surgical skill set
- No in-house call trauma surgeons cover 12-hour day shifts with APP support; general surgeons provide backup call at night
- Opportunities for physician leadership, committees and quality initiatives, with a pathway to Trauma Director
Compensation & Benefits:
- $3,000 per shift
- 15 primary shifts per month
- Quality incentives
- Sign-on bonus
- No state income tax
Location & Lifestyle:
Wichita Falls offers the rare combination of a meaningful trauma career and a lifestyle that leaves room for everything outside the hospital. With affordable housing, excellent schools, safe neighborhoods and options ranging from country-club communities to newer suburbs and acreage, you can create the lifestyle that fits your family. Golf, hunting, fishing, cycling and hiking are all close at hand, while shorter commutes mean more time for family dinners, kids activities and weekends away. And when you want the restaurants, entertainment, professional sports and amenities of a major metropolitan area, Dallas-Fort Worth is just 2 hours away.
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