Trauma Surgery with Medical Directorship Opportunity at Trinity Health

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group is seeking a Trauma Surgeon to join our employed model group! The position is located at our main campus, St. Mary Medical Center, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The selected candidate will also dedicate 0.2 FTE to serve as Trauma Medical Director.

The Trauma Surgeon will join four providers and three APPs and collaborate with consulting specialists and ancillary services to provide optimal care to our trauma patients. Functions as a clinical liaison between the Trauma Service and other physician services as well as in-house departments related to optimal clinical care of the injured patient. Just switched to EPIC EMR system.

• Shift - Day, Evening, Night (156 hours per month, thirteen 12-hour shifts. Shift length (12 or 24 hours)
• Call coverage - weekends, weeknights, and holiday commitment (varies by schedule)
• Candidates will be open to acute/critical surgical consults/ procedures.
• Candidates must be Fellowship trained in General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care and have an active ATLS certification.
• Responds to Trauma Activations (Level I & II). The attending surgeon will be in the trauma resuscitation area on patient arrival, with adequate prehospital notification. When no pre-hospital notification, the maximum acceptable response time is 15 minutes, tracked from patient arrival.
• Follows ATLS protocol, implements practice management guidelines, arrange appropriate laboratory and X-ray studies and consultations, document findings, complete trauma history and physical, write orders and promote rapid expedition of the patient through the system. 
• Assesses trauma patients on a daily basis and completes electronic documentation to reflect such.
• Collaborates directly with other surgeons and sub-specialists responsible for the care of the trauma patients.
• Satisfactory performance in managing trauma patients based on performance assessment and provider specific outcome analysis, and compliance to patient management guidelines and PEER reviewed contemporary standards of care.
• Active and ongoing participation in the trauma departments performance improvement process as evidenced through participation in meetings, timely response to inquiries from the trauma departments quality improvement program, ability to develop/implement action plans and reevaluate care, as indicated.

Duties and responsibilities as Medical Director:

• Upholds and promotes the operational philosophy, Mission, and Core Values of Trinity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, a Level II, Trauma Center.
• Complies with the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Standards for Trauma Center Accreditation.
• Oversees clinical and administrative activities of Trauma/Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery Service.
• Functions as a clinical liaison between the Trauma/ACS Service and other physician services as well as in-house departments related to optimal clinical care of the patient.
• Develops policies and procedures to assure compliance with all regulations governing Hospital and Department (i.e., JCAHO, AOA, DOH, PTSF, OSHA, etc.)
• The TMD will:
• Ensure providers meet all requirements and adhere to institutional standards of practice.
• Recommend or remove provider privileges:
• Correct deficiencies in clinical care and/or exclude from on-call those team members who did not meet criteria, including across departments and other administrative units
• The TMD, in conjunction with the chiefs of clinical services, will identify representatives from the following subspecialty areas to formally participate in the PIPS program:
• Anesthesia
• Emergency Medicine
• Critical Care - If critical care unit is not independently directed by a surgeon.
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopedics
• Radiology
• Additional subspecialists as defined by the PIPS plan.
• The TMD will develop the Trauma/ACS call rotation, including back-up coverage and assure that it is maintained.
• Participation in the Trauma/ACS call schedule including the resuscitation and/or surgery of multisystem trauma patients and the emergent surgical patient.
• Attendance and participation in local, state, regional and national trauma related activities.
• Participation in trauma educational activities including trauma prevention programs.
• Chair and maintain 80% attendance at the Trauma Multidisciplinary Physician Peer and the Multidisciplinary Trauma Committee meetings.
• Demonstrates participation in the Emergency Preparedness Program and attends 50% of meeting.
• Ensures completion of the trauma service professional billing forms daily.

Minimum Requirements:

• Full-time FTE and dedicated to the Trauma/ACS program
• Meets all requirements of the trauma surgeon.
• Demonstration of special competence in trauma care and be a board certified or board eligible general surgeon with a minimum of four years of experience in the care of the acute trauma patient.
• A Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma or Acute Care Surgery.
• Be credentialed by the hospital to provide general surgery and trauma care.
• Maintain ATLS Instructor status
• Evidence of external trauma related CME of twelve (12) hours annually or thirty-six (36) hours over three years.
• Participation in the STN-TOPIC Course (or equivalent PI Course) within one year of Appointment.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right Trauma Surgeon to join a growing group.

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Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic offers a competitive salary and compensation package.