Acute Care Surgeon BE/BC in Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Surgery
Northwell Health
Application
Details
Posted: 15-Nov-23
Location: Staten Island, New York
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Preferred Education:
MD/DO
Internal Number: ACS SIUH
Northwell Health is seeking a fulltime academic Acute Care Surgeon BE/BC in Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Surgery to join the faculty at our Staten Island University Hospital campus. This is an excellent opportunity to work as a Clinician Educator in a high acuity environment with a very supportive and experienced team.
The qualified candidate will join a team of five other attendings in Southside Hospital Division of Acute Care Surgery. Surgeons will rotate through the Surgical ICU and Acute Care Surgery services. Southside Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center, and admits approximately 800 trauma and surgical patients annually. The Division also manages a 10-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Lastly, the Division is actively involved in research at the basic science, translational, and clinical level.
Staten Island University Hospital is a 714-bed teaching hospital that spans two campuses and provides a vast array of services in health and wellness. Our 17-acre North campus houses Staten Island s most modern emergency department, a state-of-the-art education center and a medical arts pavilion. Our South campus boasts its own emergency department and offers a range of specialty programs, including geriatric psychiatry, behavioral health, and substance abuse services. The Department of Surgery at SIUH consists of 40 full-time and 6 part-time Physicians spanning the surgical disciplines of general vascular, breast, colorectal, bariatric, minimally invasive, hernia, trauma, plastics, pediatrics, podiatry, orthopedics, and ophthalmology.
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care.
The right candidate will have a strong commitment to medical student and resident education. Interest in translational and/or clinical research is also desirable. We are an equal opportunity employer; rank at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell will be commensurate with qualifications.
For more information and to apply, please contact Romaine Walton, Senior Physician Recruiter, at rwalton@northwell.edu
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community-engagement/center-for-equity-of-care.
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 76,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,800 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the bett...er. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.