Orthopedic Surgery Opportunity: Watertown, NYBenefits
- Annual salary: guarantee $685,000 (in addition to WRVU bonus model) Year 1
- Signing bonus: $100,000
- Education Loan repayment: $20,000 each year
- Relocation expense reimbursement: $20,000
- 4-year contract
- Excellent benefits package
Qualifications- Board Certified or eligible with the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
- New fellows welcome!
- Patient-centered care philosophy
- Clinical excellence
- Enthusiasm working within a team model
Position Details- Hospital Employed practice joining 5 other surgeons with 2 Physician Assistants, growing practice!
- Full support of subspecialty practice growth
- Building to 6 full-time surgeons
- Supports one hospital in one clinic
- Level III trauma center, bread, and butter Ortho, complex injuries shipped out
- Hospitalist team admits ALL patients, Ortho is a consulting service
- OR: Dedicated block time, flip rooms, Mako Robot
- Catchment Area: 250,000, also serving nearby Fort Drum, home of the 10th Mountain Division
- Teaching opportunities are available with accredited ACGME/AOA programs
Location- Watertown, itself, is a small city with big city amenities.
- Outside city limits, the area opens to large tracts of land offering rural or semi-rural living options.
- One can embrace open space, fresh air, pure water, organic living and Mother Nature at her Best.
- Watertown offers close proximity to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River 1000 Islands regions, Adirondack Mountains and showcases an abundance of options for recreational activities.
- There is ease of access to urban areas and a 40-minute drive takes one to the Canadian border crossing.
- A nearby airport provides American Airline connections via small jet services, as well as opportunity for recreational aviation.
- The four seasons provide a wide range of diversity for ones wardrobe as well as a wide range of activities for the outdoor enthusiast.
- This is a safe location, with an outstanding educational system, offering affordable housing and concludes that this is a great place for family living etc.
About the Hospital- 290-hospital beds; medical staff of 180 physicians representing 42 specialties
- Largest community-based hospital in Northern New York
- Committed to meeting the healthcare needs of the residents living in Northern New York
- Newly constructed (2018) Walker Center for Cancer Care a state of the art comprehensive cancer center, soon to affiliate with Roswell Park Care Network
- Newly added hospital wing for obstetrical and children's inpatient care (2019)
- Construction for new service line: Women's Wellness and Breast Care outpatient services (2019)
- Not-for profit, not affiliated with larger system, financially stable
- Committed to providing outstanding patient care and support
