**It's more than a career, it's a calling**

MO-SSM Health SLUCare Academic Pavilion

**Worker Type:**

Regular

**Job Highlights:**

**Department of Surgery**

**Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery**

SLUCare Physician Group, a member of SSM Health is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible hand surgeon with specialized interest in microvascular surgery to join the Division of Plastic Surgery in the Department of Surgery.

SLUCare is dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service. The clinical environment includes the main SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, a busy urban level 1 trauma center, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, the Veterans Affairs Hospital and two community hospitals within a single system-wide referral network. Graduates of accredited plastic surgery training programs and accredited hand/microvascular fellowships eligible/certified for Surgery of the Hand (SOTH), who are passionate about the field of Plastic Surgery, with special interest in hand and extremity surgery, microvascular and comprehensive reconstruction. We would welcome those with cross-functional additional interests such as breast Reconstruction or lymphedema surgery.

SLUCare plastic surgery has a mission of clinical excellence, teaching, and research, with busy clinical volume, integrated plastic surgery residency, and a research university campus. St. Louis is a vibrant Midwest city with a pioneering spirit, innovation, sports, outdoors, and family activities.

In addition to treating patients, SLUCare physicians educate the next generation of health care professionals at SSM Health St. Louis. Our teaching is guided by our Catholic Jesuit tradition, balancing the science of medicine with the soul of it - keeping people first in all we do.

#J1No #H1BYes

**Job Summary:**

Diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for obtaining call coverage by other medical staff members for holidays, vacations and other time off.

Responsible for the standard of practice for patient population.

Responsibility for maintaining a private office and all clinical decision making within the office during times of service.

Acts as an advisor and consultant in the establishment of operational policies of the practice to include: (1) Purchasing and capital allocations; (2) Managed care plan participation; (3) Budget and practice expenses; (4) Medicare/Medicaid participation; (5) Billing and collection of professional fees; (6) Personnel management and related policies; (7) Risk management and quality assurance; and (8) Coding compliance.

Responsible for after-hours call coverage for patients of the practice, in addition to office appointments.

Participates in community service activities, including speaking engagements, writing and special clinical programs as reasonably requested.

Responsible for all risk management, coding compliance and quality assurance activities and functions in and related to the practice.

Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

Constant standing and walking.

Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

Occasional driving.

Rare crawling and running.

**Licenses / Certifications:**

Physician - State of Work Location

**Work Shift:**

Variable Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

9991390235 Z310 Surg-Plastic

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

40

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