Trauma Surgery with Medical Directorship Opportunity

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group is seeking a Trauma Surgeon to join our employed model group! The position is located at our main campus, St. Mary Medical Center, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The selected candidate will also dedicate 0.2 FTE to serve as Trauma Medical Director.

The Trauma Surgeon will join four providers and three APPs and collaborate with consulting specialists and ancillary services to provide optimal care to our trauma patients. Functions as a clinical liaison between the Trauma Service and other physician services as well as in-house departments related to optimal clinical care of the injured patient. Just switched to EPIC EMR system.

• Shift – Day, Evening, Night (156 hours per month, thirteen 12-hour shifts. Shift length (12 or 24 hours)
• Call coverage – weekends, weeknights, and holiday commitment (varies by schedule)
• Candidates will be open to acute/critical surgical consults/ procedures.
• Candidates must be Fellowship trained in General Surgery & Surgical Critical Care and have an active ATLS certification.
• Responds to Trauma Activations (Level I & II). The attending surgeon will be in the trauma resuscitation area on patient arrival, with adequate prehospital notification. When no pre-hospital notification, the maximum acceptable response time is 15 minutes, tracked from patient arrival.
• Follows ATLS protocol, implements practice management guidelines, arrange appropriate laboratory and X-ray studies and consultations, document findings, complete trauma history and physical, write orders and promote rapid expedition of the patient through the system. 
• Assesses trauma patients on a daily basis and completes electronic documentation to reflect such.
• Collaborates directly with other surgeons and sub-specialists responsible for the care of the trauma patients.
• Satisfactory performance in managing trauma patients based on performance assessment and provider specific outcome analysis, and compliance to patient management guidelines and PEER reviewed contemporary standards of care.
• Active and ongoing participation in the trauma department’s performance improvement process as evidenced through participation in meetings, timely response to inquiries from the trauma department’s quality improvement program, ability to develop/implement action plans and reevaluate care, as indicated.

Duties and responsibilities as Medical Director:

• Upholds and promotes the operational philosophy, Mission, and Core Values of Trinity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, a Level II, Trauma Center.
• Complies with the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation Standards for Trauma Center Accreditation.
• Oversees clinical and administrative activities of Trauma/Critical Care, Acute Care Surgery Service.
• Functions as a clinical liaison between the Trauma/ACS Service and other physician services as well as in-house departments related to optimal clinical care of the patient.
• Develops policies and procedures to assure compliance with all regulations governing Hospital and Department (i.e., JCAHO, AOA, DOH, PTSF, OSHA, etc.)
• The TMD will:
• Ensure providers meet all requirements and adhere to institutional standards of practice.
• Recommend or remove provider privileges:
• Correct deficiencies in clinical care and/or exclude from on-call those team members who did not meet criteria, including across departments and other administrative units
• The TMD, in conjunction with the chiefs of clinical services, will identify representatives from the following subspecialty areas to formally participate in the PIPS program:
• Anesthesia
• Emergency Medicine
• Critical Care – If critical care unit is not independently directed by a surgeon.
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopedics
• Radiology
• Additional subspecialists as defined by the PIPS plan.
• The TMD will develop the Trauma/ACS call rotation, including back-up coverage and assure that it is maintained.
• Participation in the Trauma/ACS call schedule including the resuscitation and/or surgery of multisystem trauma patients and the emergent surgical patient.
• Attendance and participation in local, state, regional and national trauma related activities.
• Participation in trauma educational activities including trauma prevention programs.
• Chair and maintain 80% attendance at the Trauma Multidisciplinary Physician Peer and the Multidisciplinary Trauma Committee meetings.
• Demonstrates participation in the Emergency Preparedness Program and attends 50% of meeting.
• Ensures completion of the trauma service professional billing forms daily.

Minimum Requirements:

• Full-time FTE and dedicated to the Trauma/ACS program
• Meets all requirements of the trauma surgeon.
• Demonstration of special competence in trauma care and be a board certified or board eligible general surgeon with a minimum of four years of experience in the care of the acute trauma patient.
• A Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, Trauma or Acute Care Surgery.
• Be credentialed by the hospital to provide general surgery and trauma care.
• Maintain ATLS Instructor status
• Evidence of external trauma related CME of twelve (12) hours annually or thirty-six (36) hours over three years.
• Participation in the STN-TOPIC Course (or equivalent PI Course) within one year of Appointment.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right Trauma Surgeon to join a growing group.

RECRUITMENT PACKAGE

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic offers a competitive salary and compensation package.

As the area’s most comprehensive medical center, St. Mary Medical Center provides state-of-the-art technology and advanced care for the most complex cases through a compassionate team of more than 700 physicians, 3,200 colleagues, and 1,100 volunteers. Services include the region’s leading cardiovascular program; Bucks County’s only state-accredited trauma center; emergency services including a dedicated pediatric emergency care center; neurosciences; a Joint Commission- certified primary stroke center, joint replacement program, and sleep disorder center; specialized diagnostic imaging; obstetrics; NICU and emergency pediatric care in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation; pain management; the St. Mary breast center; and the St. Mary cancer center.

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic is the largest Catholic healthcare system serving the Greater Philadelphia area and is a part of Trinity Health of Livonia, Michigan. Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic is comprised of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Saint Francis Healthcare, St. Mary Medical Center, Nazareth Hospital, and Trinity Health Mid Atlantic Medical Group along with their associated home health and LIFE programs, aligned joint ventures, sub-corporations, programs, and services. The hospitals, medical offices, specialized facilities, affiliated institutions, and foundations includes more than 9,000 colleagues. These hospitals serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within their communities.

Trinity Health Mid Atlantic Medical Group includes 400+ providers in over 20 specialties who provide care in 50+ locations and within all Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic hospitals. THMA Medical Group providers strive to improve the health of our communities by providing high quality care to our patients, families, and communities.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the fifth-most-populous city in the United States, and the core of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the country.

Located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, the area boasts wonderful family oriented residential communities. There is quick access to historic Philadelphia with fabulous cultural opportunities, theater, orchestra, museums, and restaurants.  Beaches, mountains, New York City and Washington DC are also just a short drive away.

Craving some fun in the fresh air and sunshine?  Enjoy biking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, golf and our many parks. The Countryside has more outdoor activities than you can shake a walking stick at including wine trails and even Appalachian trails, the possibilities are endless.

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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.