Job Quick Facts
• Specialty: General Surgery
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Location: Roswell, NM
• Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
• Reason for coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Type: Call Only
• Coverage: Mar 22-26, 2024
• Call Schedule: TBD
• Call type: Beeper
• Call Response Time: <30 mins.
• Call Coverage: ER/Trauma and Inpatient Coverage
• Phone Consults: 1-15
• Patients per shift: 1-5
• Admissions Required?: Yes; 1-2 per day
• Rounding: Both assigned & unassigned patients
• Required Procedures/Skills:
- General, Trauma, Adult, & Pediatric Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery: Appendectomy, Cholecystectomy, Hernioplasty
- Chest wall/pleural procedures
- GI endoscopy: Upper, & Lower (Sigmoidoscopy, & Colonoscopy)
- Chest tube insertion, Central line insertion, & PA Catheter placement
- Intestinal, Biliary, Abdominal wall defects, Umbilical defects, Hernia, Diaphragmatic hernia, Imperforate anus, PDA ligation
• Total Hospital Beds: 162
• Trauma Level: III
• Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
• EMR: MediTech
• Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
• Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered
