100% Breast Surgery opportunity with Mercy in Thriving, Family-Friendly Joplin, MO

Mercy Breast Surgery is currently seeking a board certified or board eligible surgeon to join our practice in Joplin, MO.   Must be Breast Fellowship trained.  Practice at one location, Mercy Hospital Joplin with option for outreach. 

Mercy Breast Surgery:

• Work in a collegial environment with Medical Oncology, Breast Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Infusion Therapy, Diagnostics (PET/CT), Social Work, Nutrition, Chaplin, Dieticians, Cancer-Dedicated research RNs, Support Groups and more
• 100% Breast Surgery Practice
• No General Surgery or ER call
• Fully accredited by the Commission on Cancer
• Plastic Surgery available for immediate reconstruction
• Very limited trained breast surgeons in our service area, quick ramp up period
• EMR is EPIC
• Opportunity to teach medical students and stipends awarded

This Position Offers:

• Integrated health system with a very aggressive guarantee and productive model to follow

• Two-year income guarantee of $460K + $25K in recruitment incentives!

• Significant recruitment incentives tailored to your needs including sign-on/commencement bonus, resident/fellow stipends
• While on guarantee, 20 days PTO, 6 holidays, 5 days CME
• Comprehensive, day one benefits including health, dental, vision and CME
• Retirement plans available with employer contribution and matching options
• Relocation package up to $10,000
•  Occurrence base malpractice insurance provided
• As a not-for-profit system, Mercy qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• This location is eligible H1B sponsorship

Mercy Hospital Joplin

• State-of-the-art, 250 bed, Level II Trauma, Mercy Hospital Joplin contains the latest technologies and design innovations.  Opened in 2015.
• Offers specialty care on its main campus and supports primary care clinics throughout the community, serving more than 19 Joplin-area counties.
• Region’s only facility to offer all private rooms.
• Services include Telemedicine, Birthing Center, sophisticated ICU and NICU, state-of-the-art Emergency Department: level II trauma center, and an Accredited Cancer Center.
• Mature, integrated health system well-positioned to face future healthcare challenges.
• Featuring storm-hardened architectural design and materials.
• Surgery (11 O.R.s with space for 3 additional O.R’s 700 sq ft rooms)
  • 50 Pre-Op/Post-Op rooms
• 18 Anesthesiologists, 24 CRNA’s
• Da Vince Robot 

About Joplin
Appreciate an excellent quality of life in Joplin, where a crossroads of culture lies tucked away in the beautiful Ozarks of Southwest Missouri

• As the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the state, Joplin maintains the lowest cost of living and highest bang-for-your buck
• Population of the Greater Joplin Area is 75,000 (flourishing to over 200,000 during the workday) Joplin serves as a hub of economic, health and cultural activity for multiple communities in the four-state area
• Spend more time at home with no commute. Beautiful neighborhoods are located within an easy 5-10 minute drive from the clinic and hospital.
• Balance work with an active lifestyle with activities including golf (1 private, 3 public courses), tennis, numerous gyms, running, and hiking the scenic chert bluffs
• Enjoy easy access to nearby streams and lakes for fishing, kayaking and boating
• Multiple preK-12 options exist to make sure young minds have the opportunity to thrive. Choose from public, private and parochial schools, local colleges and a state university.
• Become a valued member of a diverse, growing medical hub with Kansas City University-Joplin's medical school and their 160+ students enrolled per year. A future dental school will open on KCU-Joplin's campus in 2023!
• Joplin has its own airport with United flights to Chicago and Denver.  We are less than 1 hour from national airports in Springfield, MO and Bentonville, AR and 90 minutes from international airport in Tulsa.

Your life is our life’s work 

At Mercy you can lead the way. When you join our team, you will have the opportunity to provide a transformative health care experience while putting new technologies to the test. You will be part of an innovative organization that remembers why we got into health care nearly 200 years ago. If caring for patients and making a difference in the community is the reason you became a physician, join us at Mercy.

It is a continuing goal to advance diversity and inclusion within our Mercy ministry. We cherish each person as created in the image of God and believe it is our responsibility to strive for excellence in establishing an environment of dignity for all.

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Galen Roberts | Telephone: 417-556-2202 | Email: Galen.Roberts@Mercy.net

Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.