Surgery - General Physician
Orchard, Inc.
Not Specified, MA, USA
Not Specified, MA, USA
- Healthcare
- Contract
- general surgery
- inpatient coverage
- emergency department
This position is for a board-certified or board-eligible general surgeon providing call-only inpatient coverage at a trauma level 4 facility in Massachusetts. The surgeon will manage emergency department consults, handle phone calls, and consult on inpatients without performing endoscopy. The role requires an active Massachusetts medical license and involves scheduled 24-hour call shifts during specified coverage dates.
Details & requirements for this opportunity:
- Specialty: Surgery - General
- Requirement: Physician (MD/DO)
- Location: Massachusetts
- Job settings: Inpatient
- Coverage Required: 2/6/2026 - 2/9/2026
- Schedule: Call Only
- Credentialing Timeframe: 30-90 days
- License: An active Massachusetts state license is required
- EMR: Cerner
- Must be Board-Certified or Board-Eligible
- Other details: The facility which is trauma level 4 is looking for a provider to cover beeper call only. This opportunity is for a general surgery provider to cover call-only shifts in an inpatient and emergency department setting, managing unassigned ED patients during 24-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. The provider will see an average of 0 3 patients per day depending on call volume, receive approximately 2 4 calls per shift, handle mostly phone consults with an average of four encounters per 24 hours, and may be called back 0 2 times, with rounding typically taking less than four hours and only required if their own patients are admitted. Coverage involves surgery only with no endoscopy, and the provider may consult on inpatients while serving strictly as a consultant due to full hospitalist and ICU attending coverage. Support is provided by in-house general surgery PAs. Candidates should be board certified unless within five years of training, preferably hold an active license, and temporary privileges are available. Local candidates are strongly preferred, and coverage dates will align with select upcoming holiday weekends.
- White-glove licensing and credentialing assistance
- Rf: 13147




