Description
Specialization:
Surgery General
Job Summary:
Portsmouth Regional Hospital is a New Hampshire Trauma Medical Review Committee (TMRC) designated Level II trauma center. We are currently seeking a general surgeon to join the trauma services team.
Trauma Program:
- 220-bed Acute Care Facility
- The only Level II Trauma Center on the seacoast-recently completed ACS verification visit
- 12-hour primary in-house coverage, plus 12-hour secondary call from home with 30 minute response (rarely called in)
- Robust regional referral opportunities
- Busy Emergency General Surgery component
Offering:
- Permanent positions with equitable scheduling model and unique work/rest model
- Paid Malpractice and no attributed overhead expenses
- Comprehensive back-end support services including recruitment, credentialing, renewals, billing, follow-up clinic support and more
- Day Shift with M-F, no call/no weekends
- Surgeon will have clinic in the trauma clinic
- Round on patients in the hospital
About Portsmouth Regional Hospital:
- 220-bed acute care facility with a Level II Trauma Center
- 24/7 full-service ER
- Two freestanding ERs
- 24/7 dedicated inpatient hospitalist program
- 24/7 dedicated inpatient intensivist program
- Implementing psychiatry residency program in summer 2021 with Tufts University affiliation
- Internal medicine and family medicine residency programs with Tufts University affiliation
- 30-bed inpatient psychiatric unit including 16 involuntary beds
Community Information:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a Seacoast city and sits near the mouth of the Piscataqua River which divides the states of New Hampshire and Maine. Portsmouth is at the core of a metropolitan region that includes several small cities and towns. As the nation’s third oldest city, Portsmouth offers:
- An area that’s rich in history and abundant cultural activities
- Small-town charm
- A host of outdoor activities and proximity to major cities
- Top-notch educational institutions—Both public and private
- No sales tax or state income tax
- A one-hour drive to Boston
- Four seasons of weather