Locum - Physician - Surgery - Neuro Grand Rapids MI
Locum - Physician - Surgery - Neuro Grand Rapids MI
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Job Description
Trinity Health Grand Rapids is looking for a Neurosurgeon to fill their Locum need!
Schedule:
- Dates of Coverage: Jan 8 2025 May 31 2025
- Reason for Coverage: Lost physicians providing call coverage
- Schedule: 24/7 On Call for 7 days in a row (1 week assignment at a time). We need 2 weeks of locum coverage per month.
- Call Schedule: 24/7 for 1 week
- Call Ratio: 24/7 x 7 days straight
Details:
- Practice Setting: May have some patient seen in Neurosurgery clinic as followups form surgery or preop. However this locum will function like a Neurosurgery Hospitalist who will cover 24/7 call for hospital and ED. Inpatient rounding will be expected. We have a Comprehensive stroke (with a stroke service that manages all strokes) and level 2 trauma center.
- Average Number of Surgical Cases Per Day: 13 per week emergently
- Trauma Level II
- Annual ER Volume: 48 000
- Documentation System/EMR: EPIC
- Number of Operating rooms: 19
- Number of Neurosurgeons in Practice: 2 employed
- Description of OR Staff: Highly skilled Neurosurgery Supervisors Surgical First Asst.
- Patient Age Demographic: No Peds or Adolescent. Only Adults.
- Neurosurgery Cases ADULT
- Neurosurgery Cases TRAUMA
- Tumor Removal
- Brain Bleed Stoppage
- Trauma Repair
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- EVD brain swelling if vascular skills great
- Shunt Insertion or Revision
- Ideal to have some but can work around it
- Carpal Tunner Release (but not necessary)
- Diskectomy
- Laminectomy
- Spine Stabilization and Reconstruction
- Spinal Fusion
- Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
- Trauma of spine essential
- Others only if urgently needed.
- Placement of Lumbar Drains
- We have critical care medicine to do above procedures
- CSF Sampling from Shunts or External Ventricular Drains
- Management and Interpretation of ICP and CPP Data
- External Ventricular Drain Management
- We have critical care medicine to do above
- Stabilization of head and spine trauma
- Brain evacuation with brain swelling/fluid
- Craniotomies as needed.
Facility Reimbursement:
- Rental Car
- Hotel
- Flight
- If travel is approved do you have any preferences or additional caps not outlined in the travel policy Hotel not more than xx200/night (receipt needed). If you rent a car while in town no UBER or Lyft will be covered. To and From home airport is covered by UBER and Lyft with receipts.
Requirement description :
- Board Certified in Neurosurgery REQUIRED
- Fellowship Training HIGHLY PREFERRED
- MI State License HIGHLY PREFERRED to speed up process (will consider providers needing to obtain license)
- BLS REQUIRED (Trauma team can cover ACLS)
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS :
- BLS
- Board Certified
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
- Michigan
ADDITIONAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
Weekend Requirements : Yes
On Call Requirements : Yes
Employment Type
Full Time
