General Surgery - Orange City Area Health System - Orange City, IA

Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS) -- a 25-bed critical access hospital including a private birth center and a surgical center featuring three ORs and an endoscopy suite ­– is seeking a BC/BE General Surgeon. This individual will fill a position being vacated due to a retirement and will be part of a group practice of three general surgeons. The health system also employs 25 physicians and APPs.

• In addition to the hospital and surgery center, the health system’s main campus includes a family medicine clinic, sports medicine clinic, behavioral health clinic, pain management clinic, physical and occupational therapy, lab, and radiology. Onsite radiologists and imaging services include state-of-the art MRI, CT, ultrasound, and mammography.
• General surgery clinic is located adjacent to the family medicine clinic along with radiology.
• Typical schedule for general surgeons is two weeks on / one week off with four months off per year.
• Must be willing to perform C-sections. Annual births range from 200-250.
• OCAHS performed 1100+ total surgeries and over 1000 scopes last year.
• Besides general surgery procedures, specialty surgeries performed in the hospital’s surgery center include orthopedics, ophthalmology, ENT, and more.

Nationally competitive salary guarantee with a comprehensive physician benefit package including Retirement Pension (IPERS), Health, Dental, Vision, Paid CME, Malpractice, Disability, and a Relocation Allowance.

Orange City Area Health Services is a 25-bed critical access hospital built in 2006.  All services can be found on this one campus, from the clinic to the outpatient center.  Some of the amenities of this location include a diagnostic center with a 1.5 Tesla MRI that is 2 years old, digital mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and three ultrasounds just to name a few.

You would be working with two Radiologists with Boards in internal medicine, neuro radiology and nuclear imaging.   Three ORs, 1 endo suite and a dedicated outpatient area with state-of-the-art equipment are also a big attraction.  The ambulance is hospital ran.  The facility is up on electronic medical records with CPOE live in the clinic. 

Orange City Area Health Services is part of the Sanford Health System.

Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in Fargo, ND and Sioux Falls, SD. Sanford is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation serving 110 communities in six states.  It includes 30 hospitals, 111 clinic locations and more than 800 physicians in 70 specialty areas of medicine.  With more than 18,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North and South Dakota.  The system is experiencing dynamic growth and uses innovation, pioneering research and advanced health and healing to meet the challenges of healthcare for today and for the future.

Orange City, Iowa is located in the upper Northwest corner of Iowa.  It is home to over 5,500 people with a service area of 20,000.  Orange City offers the best of small-town family life in offering a safe, secure community with the heart of an old-fashioned village in the very center of our nation.  The cost of living is competitive with other leading cities in the region!  Traditional values still shape daily life here, from our classrooms and playgrounds...to our corporate boardrooms. 

Northwest Iowa offers a nurturing community, a great place to work, and the perfect environment for entrepreneurs exploring new business ventures. Orange City is also home to Northwestern College. 

Located 40 minutes northeast of Sioux City, IA and approximately 2 hours north of Omaha, NE, 1.5 hrs from Sioux Falls, SD.

Informational Links:   Orange City Newspaper     Orange City Area Public Schools