Locum - General Surgeon - Fullerton, CA
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Surgery-General
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Locums/Travel
Work Environment
Inpatient
Outpatient
Location
Fullerton, California, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/21/24
Start Date: 01-01-2025
Reason for Coverage: Vacancy - Long-Term Permanent Search
End Date: Ongoing
Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours Plus Call
EMR System: Epic
Practice Setting: Outpatient, Inpatient
Are temporary privileges available?: No
Patients Per Shift: 12-15
Does your Facility require physicians to be board certified?: Yes
Minimum Board Certification: Certified
What is the license requirement to bid?: Licensed in CA only
Estimated Credentialing Timeframe (Days): 60-90
Reason for Coverage: Vacancy - Long-Term Permanent Search
End Date: Ongoing
Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours Plus Call
EMR System: Epic
Practice Setting: Outpatient, Inpatient
Are temporary privileges available?: No
Patients Per Shift: 12-15
Does your Facility require physicians to be board certified?: Yes
Minimum Board Certification: Certified
What is the license requirement to bid?: Licensed in CA only
Estimated Credentialing Timeframe (Days): 60-90
Job Responsibilities
1. Providers availability (full time is required, ~20 shifts per month)
2. Extensive breast surgery experience required
* Procedure logs with bid upfront is preferred (but will be required to obtain privileges)
* Estimate number of breast surgeries within last 24 months is acceptable for presentation (at least 100 breast surgeries in the past two years)
*Please note - this job was opened as plastic surgery but we are now going to be reopening it under general surgery for additional candidates.
please ensure that providers are able to cover full time when presenting.
They will work in clinic M-F (8am-5pm). OR time will be fluid as it just depends on when an OR block opens up. There will be night call after clinic mostly. It is beeper call. The main clinician will take all the call but if she is unavailable some weekends, they may ask the locum provider to cover 24hr beeper call. Usually they only get one call a day and may not even have to go in will just need to answer the call.
All bids should be marked with an 8 hour guarantee (there is an hour lunch in there).
No OT usually but if OT it will need to be preapproved by the worksite.
*UPDATE* - locum is ONLY REQUIRED to do Oncology Breast Surgery and Mastectomy/lumpectomy, they ARE NOT REQUIRED to do:
• Not: reduction mammoplasty
• Not: Augmentation Mammoplasty
• Not: Mastopexy
We are looking for either a fellowship trained breast surgeon or a general surgeon with extensive breast experience. The surgeon should be able to preform lumpectomy, mastectomies including nipple, sparing mastectomy, participate in joint oncoplastic surgeries, sentinel note biopsy, and axillary dissection. They should also have facile knowledge of high risk and benign breast disease as well as survivorship.
Note to qualify provider must have case logs that show breast experience with at least 100 surgeries in the past two years. "