Description
Join Intermountain Health, a nationally recognized health system, as an Academic Trauma Surgeon. You'll work at Intermountain Medical Center, a 504-bed ACS-verified Level I Trauma Center, and LDS hospital in the Salt Lake Valley. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll support advanced therapies for complex trauma and critically ill patients.
Responsibilities:
- Practice .5 FTE clinically at Intermountain Medical Center, with opportunities at other facilities in the Salt Lake Valley
- Provide 24/7 trauma coverage, including trauma floor coverage, emergency general surgery coverage, and shock trauma ICU coverage
- Work weekday 10-14 hour day/night shifts, weekend 7-17 hour day/night shifts
- Take 1-3 restricted trauma night shifts per month and 1-3 unrestricted ACS night shifts per month
- Provide bed-side and tele-health trauma coverage while on shift
- Supervise EM, General Surgery, and Podiatry residents
- No call expectation outside of shift hours
Academic Support:
- .3 FTE protected individual effort academic time, completely free of clinical responsibilities
- .2 FTE as Medical Director for Trauma Research for the Intermountain Enterprise Trauma Research Program
- Support of Academic time is not dependent on external grants
Requirements:
- MD or DO degree from a fully accredited medical or osteopathic school of medicine
- ACGME accredited residency training in Internal Medicine
- ABMS board certification or eligibility in Trauma Surgery
- Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or the ability to obtain one
- Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health's credentialing process
Benefits:
- Generous benefits package, including paid time off, license reimbursement, malpractice insurance coverage, and an annual CME allowance
- Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance for those who qualify
Research Opportunities:
- The Intermountain Trauma Research Program consists of a full-time PhD scientist, a full-time trauma research manager, and multiple site-specific trauma coordinators
- Intermountain has a unified trauma registry, representing 3 Level I and 5 Level II trauma programs, with close to 20,000 patients entered into this database annually