Overview

Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgeon and System Medical Director, Liver and Pancreas Program, Center for Digestive Health, VMFH.The Center for Digestive Health at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle, Washington is recruiting a BC Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) Surgeon to become part of our group in Downtown Seattle and our health care system.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overseeing the Liver and Pancreas program subspecialty including growth, quality, and innovation of care across VMFH.
• Participate in teaching of residents and multidisciplinary care of complex HPB patients as a member of the Center for Digestive Health at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health.
• General surgery call 
• Willingness to travel to and work at satellite facilities in Bellevue, Federal Way, Lynwood and possibly Tacoma region.
• Guides and participates in Center physician and provider recruitment.
• Works with ambulatory leadership, hospital leadership, and Center leaders asneeded to resolve operational or clinical support challenges.

Qualifications

• 5 years of clinical experience
• Maintains an active HPB surgical oncology practice
• Demonstrated leadership and program development experience
• Board certified in General Surgery
• Accredited-HPB Surgery and/or Surgical Oncology fellowship trained
• Experience in both advanced liver and pancreatic surgery, including minimallyinvasive and robotic surgical approaches
• Ability to obtain privileges at VMFH hospitals
• Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the state of WA as well as theother states in the WWAMI region (WA, WY, AK, MT, ID)
• Ability to obtain a DEA license with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice
• Must be a physician in good standing
• No undisclosed conflicts of interest

About Virginia Mason

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award winning health systems in Washington State – CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region. Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment – we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our strengths and inspire a promising future.

Living in the Pacific Northwest

Located in the Pacific NW, Seattle is an area with a mild climate year round and close to the great outdoors where we enjoy an abundance of activities with our close proximity to the waters of Puget Sound and surrounding mountains. City life and cultural activities are also thriving. With a variety of neighborhoods and areas to work and live, there are many choices for the type of lifestyle you’d like to enjoy.

Benefits

While you’re busy caring for your patients, we’ll take care of you and your family with benefitsthat include:

• Medical/dental/vision insurance plans
• Relocation assistance, if eligible
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Prescription program
• Employer paid life insurance
• Short and long term disability programs
• Time away
• As a non profit; VMFH is eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Commuter benefits
• Bright Horizons programs; support for children, pets dependent adults and household needs
• Mental health and well-being programs 
• and More! 

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer