What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHYSICIAN - PLASTIC SURGERY position at Beebe Healthcare?
Why Beebe?
Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.
Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Plastic Surgeon to join our surgical team. In this role, you will perform a broad spectrum of reconstructive and cosmetic procedures to improve patients' quality of life, self-esteem, and physical functionality. The ideal candidate combines advanced technical expertise with a keen aesthetic eye and a commitment to patient-centered care. Must maintain awareness of and adherence to national guidelines, and willingness to participate in educational activities to remain continuously up to date on changes in national guidelines.
Responsibilities
Core Competencies & Skills
Education
Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.
Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Plastic Surgeon to join our surgical team. In this role, you will perform a broad spectrum of reconstructive and cosmetic procedures to improve patients' quality of life, self-esteem, and physical functionality. The ideal candidate combines advanced technical expertise with a keen aesthetic eye and a commitment to patient-centered care. Must maintain awareness of and adherence to national guidelines, and willingness to participate in educational activities to remain continuously up to date on changes in national guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Surgical Reconstruction: Performing complex procedures such as microvascular surgery, tissue expansion, skin grafts, and free flap transfers to repair tissue defects.
- Patient Consultation: Availability in a timely manner to see patients referred by other Beebe Healthcare physicians or APCs. Evaluating medical histories and physical conditions to develop personalized treatment plans.
- Collaborative Care: Working in multidisciplinary teams with oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, and dermatologists, especially for complex limb salvage or cancer reconstruction.
- Post-Operative Management: Monitoring healing, managing wounds, and prescribing medications for pain and infection.
- Emergency Response: Participating in on call to treat acute trauma, severe burns, or hand injuries.
- Breast Reconstruction: Rebuilding the breast mound following a mastectomy, remodeling and or reducing a breast after partial mastectomy, performance of procedures to achieve symmetry either after treatment for breast cancer or congenital defects,
- Craniofacial Surgery: Correcting congenital anomalies like cleft lip and palate.
- Hand & Upper Extremity: Repairing fractures, tendon injuries, and nerve compression.
- Burn Care: Cleaning wounds and performing scar revisions to restore movement.
- Education: A Medical Degree (MD or DO) followed by a specialized residency program.
- Training: Completion of a 6-year integrated residency or a general surgery residency followed by a 3-year plastic surgery fellowship.
- Certification: Board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) is the gold standard for practice in the U.S.
Core Competencies & Skills
- Technical Mastery: High manual dexterity and a steady hand for precise work like microsurgery (joining small blood vessels/nerves).
- Visuospatial Awareness: The ability to "think in three dimensions" to envision how to mold and rebuild body structures.
- Clinical Knowledge: Deep expertise in anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
- Communication & Ethics: Maintaining high ethical standards and empathy when dealing with patients who have suffered severe trauma or disfigurement.
Education