Chair of Surgery Opportunity

Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group is seeking a dynamic, board-certified surgical physician/leader to serve as the Chair of Surgery at Saint Mary’s Hospital located in Waterbury, Connecticut.

This is an exciting opportunity to implement your vision and leadership in a flourishing environment. The Chair will oversee all aspects of service line quality, operations, and growth. This includes overseeing and supporting our various certifications, including Level II Trauma Designation, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and participation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP).

We are seeking an individual who can be an excellent resource for surgical resident and fellow training, foster physician development, and be a visionary who can help guide the growth and development of the surgical service line.

The successful candidate should be a board certified and established general surgeon or fellowship trained surgical subspecialist with at least seven years of clinical experience and proven experience operating in a leadership role. The ideal candidate should be a strong relationship-builder who can relate and work collaboratively with, and provide oversite to, both our employed and community physicians.

Practicing in Waterbury, Connecticut, puts you in the heart of New England. This small-city environment of 300,000 residents has a tremendous selection of welcoming neighborhoods, excellent public and private schools, great restaurants, shopping, music, museums, and historical areas. The central New England location allows you to live in proximity to New York City and Boston, with easy access to dependable air and rail services.

As part of Trinity Health of New England – the region's largest nonprofit health system – you will experience a culture of provider collaboration. Our practice model empowers providers to work at their highest levels, while allowing time for professional development and family life. If you are focused on providing outstanding patient-centered care, you will thrive within the Trinity Health of New England Medical Group. 

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group offers a competitive base salary with additional incentives, an excellent benefits package, and a great work/life balance.

Trinity Health Of New England Medical Group is the driving force behind Trinity Health of New England—the region’s largest nonprofit health system. From Springfield, Massachusetts down through Connecticut, our inspired care team of more than 740 providers working together is united by a shared commitment to help patients achieve optimal health. With 95 integrated practice locations, we represent the full breadth of medical, surgical and primary care specialties delivering exceptional care to patients in communities throughout Trinity Health Of New England’s expansive service area.

Saint Mary's Hospital is a 347-bed, acute care community teaching hospital serving Greater Waterbury, in Connecticut's central Naugatuck Valley, since 1909. Saint Mary's Hospital is part of Trinity Health Of New England, the region's largest health system. A designated Level II Trauma Center, Saint Mary's offers a robust residency training program and an award-winning cardiac and stroke care. It also houses the region’s only pediatric emergency care unit. As the leading provider of surgical services in Greater Waterbury, Saint Mary’s was also the first to introduce the da Vinci® Robotic Surgery System. The hospital’s satellites and affiliates extend from Waterbury to Wolcott, Cheshire, Naugatuck, Southbury, Prospect and Watertown.

Trinity Health Of New England is just beginning its story. Formed in 2015, the regional ministry's roots date back more than 100 years. The region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit Catholic health system is a strategic partnership that includes Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut; Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, Connecticut; Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut; and Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Trinity Health Of New England serves a population of 3 million people with a singular patient focus: providing the best possible care, for the best possible outcomes. Focused on provider collaboration and rapidly growing, there are over 13,000 physicians, advanced practitioners and caregivers who, like you, put their patients above all else. This duality of progressive caregiving, combined with a deep commitment to meeting the needs of the most underserved in our communities, is a formula that resonates deeply with the legacies of our clinical partners in this region.

Trinity Health Of New England’s collaborative practice model empowers physicians to work at their highest level—and allows time for professional development and family life. Whether focused on providing outstanding patient-centered care, teaching the next generation of care providers or growing into a leadership role, it’s time to join Trinity Health Of New England.

As a member of Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan, one of the nation's largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems, Trinity Health Of New England is uniquely positioned to advance health care through alliances with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, and through its own research institutions dedicated to the development of primary care, new treatments for cancer and MS, and much more.

Waterbury, Connecticut - Saint Mary’s Hospital is proud to call Waterbury, Connecticut, its home. The Greater Waterbury community is rich in culture and history, and offers great diversity in recreation, culture, housing and education. Beautiful homes in rural, suburban and urban locales abound. Situated in the northern corner of New Haven County, adjacent to Litchfield County, Waterbury is just 30 minutes from New Haven, Hartford and Danbury.

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email Trinity Health Recruitment at docopps@trinity-health.org.