Pulmonary/Critical Care |$390,000 guaranteed |Established lung screening program | Family-friendly community | At the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains

Package Highlights:

• Annual salary: $390,000, plus a WRVU Incentive Program
• Signing bonus: $75,000
• Education Loan repayment: $20,000 each year
• Relocation reimbursement: $15,000
• Annual Continuing Education Stipend $5,000 plus 5 Paid Days Off

New system is a robotic bronchoscopy system which combines navigational technology with a new robotic bronchoscope platform that allows for continuous live camera during deployment of various tools which has previously not been possible, along with robotic micro movement control. This new system will allow the bronchoscopist to reach areas of the lung previously thought of as inaccessible and facilitates biopsy of smaller nodules with greater accuracy and yield, leading to potentially earlier diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

Practice Highlights:

• Employee of Samaritan Medical Center, a 290 bed not-for-profit hospital located in Watertown, New York
• Join an un-opposed well-established group of five Pulmonary/Critical Care Board Certified physicians; exclusive subspecialty focused
• Rotational: 1:4 weekly call, hospital rounding and management of 10-bed ICU
• Medical Staff greater than 190 physicians; offering solid referral base
• Catchment population: 250,000
• Serving the military men and women from nearby Fort Drum, home to the 10^th Mountain Army Division
• Video/navigational ultrasound bronchoscopy with cytopathology
• Certified Sleep Lab
• Cardiopulmonary stress lab
• Well-established lung cancer screening program
• Hospital based newly constructed comprehensive cancer center, Fall 2018
• Teaching opportunities are extended with accredited ACGME/AOA family medicine and internal medicine residency training programs
• A very appreciative patient population offers a professionally rewarding career
• Collegial collaboration with Thoracic Surgeon working in the same office
• Office has full PFTs with plethysmography and ABGs

Qualifications:

• Board Certification Subspecialty Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care (or actively engaged in process)
• Certification in Sleep Medicine is a plus, but not required
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Appreciation for Patient Centered Care
• Ability to work within Team

Other Benefits

• Twenty-nine (29) days paid time off
• Health insurance, individual or family, 80% paid
• Occurrence medical liability insurance; $1.3 Million each/$3.9 million aggregate
• 401k and 403b financial planning option; Employer pension plan contribution
• NYS medical license and DEA registration paid

Samaritan Medical Center www.samaritanhealth.com in Watertown, New York, is a 290-bed not-for-profit community medical center that offers the most specialized and comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services in our region. Our compassionate team of highly qualified healthcare professionals proudly provides services to a population of 250,000.  

Every day, 190 physicians in 42 different specialties along with more than 2,000 support staff at Samaritan Medical Center offer a full spectrum of diagnostic and treatment services for people of all ages. Together, we’re proud to make our patients this promise: to be here whenever and wherever you need us, and to do so with the exceptional care and compassion that you and your family deserve.

Samaritan also serves the soldiers and families of our Fort Drum community.  For over 30 years, the unique relationship between the tri-county area and our military community at Fort Drum has grown strong.  Serving as a model of military-community collaboration, it's shown the true power of respect, friendship and collaboration.  In 2018, a nomination was submitted for the North Country Region to be designated as a Great American Defense Community.

In the fall of 2018 Samaritan opened a newly built cancer center called the "Walker Center for Cancer Care."  The new center provides patients with great care and compassion, along with cutting-edge treatment options. Most recent is the completion of our new Center for Women's Wellness and Breast Care offering comprehensive services in one location from seeing moms-to-be for specialized pregnancy care, to supporting all women with gynecologic and breast services. 

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 one’s 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. For more area information checkout www.co.jefferson.ny.us/chambers-of-commerce.