Orthopedic Surgery - Total Joint Opportunity in Beautiful Jasper, AL

Job Description

Excellent opportunity for an Orthopedic Surgeon interested and experienced in joint surgery to join a well established and busy group located in beautiful Jasper, Alabama. 

Highlights:

• Enjoy practicing with 2 experienced orthopedic surgeons
• Desire and ability to perform joint replacement surgeries
• Surgeries performed at both Walker Baptist Medical Center and a new surgery center
• Clinic located less than 1 mile from hospital and offers both X-Ray and MRI
• Anticipate weekly schedule of 3 days in the clinic and 2 days in surgery
• Average of 20 - 40 patients per day/per physician seen in the clinic; average of 4 6 surgeries per day

Candidate Requirements:

• MD or DO degree required
• BE/BC in orthopedic surgery
• Alabama licensed or eligible to obtain licensure in the State of Alabama

Walker Baptist Medical Center is a 267-bed, acute care facility located in Jasper, Alabama, which is 35 minutes from metro Birmingham. This facility has over 600 employees and offers a comprehensive range of clinical services, including orthopedics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, emergency services, and specialized medical and surgical services. Walker Baptist Medical Center received a Five-Star rating for spinal surgery, total knee replacement, as well as COPD treatment.

Jasper is home to Lewis Smith Lake, a large, recreational lake that is perfect for fishing, swimming, and boating. The city also offers golf courses, parks, museums, and local dining. Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama with a population of 1.1 million people in the greater metropolitan area, and it offers easy access to Alabama s Gulf Coast, and other major metropolitan cities like Nashville and Atlanta.

Brookwood Baptist Health is a private, not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible care for the communities of Central Alabama. Brookwood Baptist Health’s system of care includes five acute care hospitals and more than 1,700 licensed beds; a free-standing emergency room, one of the first of its kind in Alabama; Alabama’s largest primary care network with 70 primary care clinics along as well as specialty care; approximately 2,600 employed and affiliated physicians; and more than 7,000 team members. Brookwood Baptist Health is actively involved in community outreach and education, providing health screenings, wellness programs, and support groups to advance wellness for the entire region.

Brookwood Baptist Health joins the Orlando Health connected network of care that spans from Florida’s Atlantic to Gulf coasts, to Puerto Rico, and now to Central Alabama. Nationally recognized for its high-performing community and specialty hospitals, the now 5,150 plus-bed healthcare system includes 42 hospitals and emergency departments with 10 more in development, dedicated specialty institutes, behavioral health and skilled nursing facilities, urgent care locations, multiple physician groups and numerous outpatient centers. More than 5,125 physicians in over 105 specialties have privileges across the system, with 35,000+ team members.