Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Opportunity

Trinity Health Of New England, the region's largest nonprofit health system, is seeking an experienced trauma/acute care surgeon to join our faculty practice. We welcome applications from candidates at all career stages, from early to late career, and invite those interested to also apply for the Chief position in our Acute Care Surgery Division.

In this role, you will provide surgery services for trauma, critical care, and emergency general surgery within a high-performing Level I Trauma Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Our hospital is a tertiary referral center for the region with a robust group of consultants and specialists.

The successful candidate will be BC/BE in surgical critical care, and advanced training in trauma/acute care surgery is preferred. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an elite surgical group and to be appointed to the faculty of both the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. In our major teaching hospital, you will have the opportunity to conduct clinical research and teach graduate and undergraduate medical and surgical learners. Surgery residents are present year-round, and experienced advanced practitioners provide ample coverage in all service areas, including the intensive care units.

Practicing in Hartford, Connecticut’s state capital, puts you in the heart of New England. One million residents choose to reside in the greater Hartford area because it offers a tremendous selection of welcoming neighborhoods in which to live, excellent public and private schools, great restaurants, shopping, music, museums, and historical areas. The central New England location puts you in close proximity to New York City and Boston with easy access to dependable air and rail services.

Trinity Health Of New England is proud of its history and our practice model empowers our physicians to work at their highest level, while allowing time for professional development and family life. Whether you are focused on providing outstanding patient-centered care or driven to grow into a leadership role, you will thrive at Trinity Health Of New England. 

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

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

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is a 617-bed acute care hospital in Hartford, Connecticut serving the north central Connecticut area since 1897. Part of Trinity Health Of New England, the region's largest health system, it is a high-performing Level I Trauma Center and an advanced tertiary care referral center with a robust group of consultants and specialists. Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is also a major teaching hospital, academically affiliated with both the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. It offers opportunities to conduct clinical research and teach graduate and undergraduate medical and surgical learners.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is routinely ranked among the best in the nation for patient safety and quality of care. The hospital is frequently honored by some of the most prestigious organizations and groups, including Becker’s Hospital Review, CareChex® and WomenCertified®. In 2016, Saint Francis was ranked among Health Care’s Most Wired hospitals, selected by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, and recognized by HIMSS Analytics as an Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 7 organization. The hospital is also the proud recipient of multiple Women’s Choice Awards and is recognized as a Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. In addition, Saint Francis has received the American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) ACTION Registry–Get With The Guidelines Platinum Performance Achievement Award for the fifth consecutive year, making it the only hospital in Connecticut to consistently achieve this exceptional care. These recognitions are a testament to the level of care, innovative treatment and attention to detail that Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center physicians and advanced practitioners provide to patients each day.

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.

Hartford, Connecticut - The state capital, has a population of approximately 125,000 residents. Home to Armsmear, the historic residence of industrialist Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver, Hartford now hosts major corporations, including Aetna, Cigna, United Technologies and Bank of America. It is also a city of neighborhoods—from “Little Italy” in the South End to the ornate homes of Keney Park to Upper Albany, known for its Caribbean restaurants. Hartford is home to the Mark Twain House & Museum, Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, the renowned Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Connecticut Science Center. Hartford has good public and private schools, as well as higher-education institutions, including Trinity College and the University of Connecticut. Hartford is served by major highways, Amtrak, Connecticut Transit and Bradley International Airport.

Practicing in Hartford, puts you in the heart of New England. This small city environment of 125,000 residents offers a tremendous selection of welcoming neighborhoods in which to live, excellent public and private schools, great restaurants, shopping, music, museums and historical areas. The central New England location puts you in close proximity to New York City and Boston with easy access to dependable air and rail services.

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 docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.