Trauma Surgery Job In Tulsa, Oklahoma
Level II Trauma Center Seeks 2 Additional Trauma Surgeons To Join Team
Ascension St John is looking for a Trauma Surgeon for our Level II Trauma Center.
This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Ascension St John to provide medical services to patients.
Position Highlights:
- Competitive Pay
- Collegial Group
- Excellent Benefits - Matching 401k, Employer Automatic Contribution, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.
- Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.
- Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.
- Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.
- Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.
- Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.
Tulsa, OK is the ideal size: large enough to offer excellent restaurants, high-end stores, beautiful homes and an array of nightlife activities, but small enough to make everyday life convenient. We have the second-shortest commute time in the nation, a cost of living well below the national average and one of the most people-friendly communities in the country.
Ascension St. John operates six hospitals and more than 90 healthcare clinics and facilities in eastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. Ascension St. John employs approximately 6,800 associates. Across the region, Ascension St. John provided more than $92 million in community benefit and care of persons living in poverty in fiscal year 2018. Serving Oklahoma for nearly 100 years, Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. Ascension is the largest non-profit health system in the U.S. and the world’s largest Catholic health system, operating more than 2,600 sites of care – including 151 hospitals and more than 50 senior living facilities – in 21 states and the District of Columbia.