General Surgery Opportunity in Southwest Arizona!

Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) has an amazing opportunity available for a General Surgeon!

Our YRMC team is innovative, caring and focused on quality patient care. We continually work to raise the bar with new quality initiatives and improved patient outcomes.
As the only full-service acute care, 406-bed hospital between Phoenix and San Diego, Yuma Regional Medical Center offers you a rare opportunity to find a rewarding career while enjoying a great quality of life in a friendly, growing community. By working in an area such as ours, you get to experience unique and interesting pathology and complexity, which most providers only learn about in a textbook. Yuma is a place where you can practice high-quality care in a compassionate, supportive and team-oriented work environment. You truly get to make a difference! 

YRMC, is a 406 bed top-in-technology facility, is the only acute care hospital of its size within a 170-mile radius and provides almost all modalities of care. Further, the hospital offers a robust Cardiac program, a comprehensive Cancer Center, an established Family Medicine Residency program and an accredited Bariatric Surgery program. Earlier this year we  opened  of our new Inpatient Behavioral Health Center and later this year  YRMC is happy to announce a Psychiatry Residency program. 

About the position:
•      Hospital employed; full-time position
•      Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM traditional clinic practice with surgical block time and call rotation (1:5 currently)
•      Collaborative team of providers and clinic staff
•      Attractive compensation package
•      Eligible for an annual quality bonus (5% of base salary)
•      35 Days Paid Time Off
•      6 Paid Holidays
•      Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
•      Hospital paid basic life insurance, short-term & long-term disability insurance and identity guard protection
•      401K with employer match up to 4%
•      Lifestyle Spending Account (use for gym memberships, massage therapy, etc.)
•      Employee Discount Program
•      Wellness Program
•      CME expense reimbursement up to $5,000 annually
•      Professional Fee reimbursement up to $2,500 per year
•      Malpractice insurance & tail coverage
•      Generous Relocation Stipend

YRMC is nationally known for its leading edge technology, excellent patient-family centered care and high employee satisfaction. We are proud of the caring culture we have created for our employees. We hold ourselves accountable to our community and because of that, we create and share a special report each year that summarizes the work we have done to continually enhance our quality of care.

Why Choose YRMC?
•      Our hospital leads the way in INNOVATION and QUALITY.
•      Team-oriented and collaborative work environment.
•      Supportive leadership with dedicated divisional Executive Medical Directors (primary care, specialty care and surgical care).
•      We are all about teaching and education.
•      A great work/life balance.
•      A collegial medical staff comprised of more than 450 physicians and advanced practice professionals.
•      We continue to grow and expand with numerous outpatient clinics, a new Foothills Health Campus, inpatient Behavioral Health and Endoscopy Center.
Why Choose Yuma?
•      We are a warm, friendly, and down-to-earth community.
•      One of the Top 10 places to live (cost of living).
•      Sunniest place on earth!
•      Winter vegetable capital of the world.
•      Abundant outdoor activities all year long.
•      Perfect location in between San Diego, CA & Phoenix, AZ (under 3-hours away in either direction).
•      Military community - MCAS (Marine Core Air Station) & YPG (Yuma Proving Ground - Army).
Contact me today and take the first step in joining our amazing team!

At YRMC, we are always looking to grow our team with talented people and achieve great things together! 

YRMC offers you a rare opportunity to find a rewarding career while enjoying a great quality of life in a friendly, growing community. By working in an area such as ours, you get to experience unique and interesting pathology and complexity, that most providers only learn about in a text book. Yuma is a place where you can practice high-quality care in a compassionate, supportive and team-oriented work environment. The video below shows exactly this - take a look!

I would love the opportunity to share more detail about this amazing position.