Plastic Surgery opening in Bakersfield, CAH1b Eligible We are looking for a plastic surgeon with a hand fellowship or trained and willing to do hands and a plastic/hand or ortho/hand surgeon with a hand fellowship who will mostly do hands but willing to do some general surgery. There needs to be comfort/experience with trauma. Any esthetics will be a bonus but we are not looking for a cosmetic plastic surgeon. Position Details

• Full-time, permanent
• Employed
• Hospital OR, Aesthetics Center and Ambulatory Surgery Center (100% cosmetics not available position)
• Mentorship available
• Equitable call & will depend on sub-specialty, i.e., if are also boarded in hand, would take hand call or facial plastics will take facial call, along with plastic call, etc.
• Level II Trauma Center & Stroke Center
• General Surgery Residency will start July 1, 2024
• APP support
Compensation and Benefits Details
• Compensation: 650K - 1,000,000
• Commencement bonus
• Relocation reimbursement
• Excellent medical, dental, vision insurance options
• Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Paid Education Leave
• CME Reimbursement
• Retirement, vested day one
• Malpractice and tail coverage provided
• Loan Forgiveness Program Qualification
Requirements
• Must be residency-trained
• Fellowship training welcomed
• Hand surgery experience or fellowship &/or certification
• Board certified/eligible required
About the Group
• Only designated level II trauma center in the area
• Serves as a tertiary medical center (222 beds)
• UCLA affiliated teaching hospital
• Group trains over 200 medical students, residents and fellows annually
• Graduate medical education programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry and Pharmacy as well as Fellowship Programs in Child & Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatry and Infectious Disease
• Accredited stroke center
• Ten outpatient clinics for nearly 120,000 patients
By the Numbers
• 2,552 trauma activations
• 49,707 emergency room visits
• 4,760 surgeries
• 153,290 outpatient clinic visits
• 8,035 inpatient admissions
• 1,792 births
• 2,500 employees
• 6,821 COVID vaccinations
• 24,522 COVID drive through tests
Community Details
• Growing community with over 400,000 residents in town and almost 1 million in the county
• Excellent schools, great neighborhoods and affordable housing
• Proximity to world-class beaches and the high Sierra mountains
• Warm, temperate climate with long summers - Bakersfield is ranked as one of the sunniest cities in the US
• Rated as one of the Best Places to Live in California (CA) by US News
• Easy-access to museums, concerts, river rafting, golf courses, national parks, rock climbing, and more
• Located in Californias San Joaquin Valley just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles California (CA) and 2 hours from Disneyland!