Pediatric Surgery Job In Wichita, Kansas
Pediatric Surgery Physician
Description
Specialization:
Pediatric Surgery
Job Summary:
Seeking PRN pediatric surgeons to join our team at Wesley Children’s Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.Qualified Candidates:
- Board eligible or board certified in pediatric surgery
- ACGME-accredited surgical residency and pediatric surgery fellowship
- Excellent communication skills and team player
- New graduates welcome
About Wesley Healthcare/Wesley Children’s Hospital:
- Wesley Children’s Hospital is part of Wesley Healthcare, which encompasses two full service hospitals, two free-standing emergency rooms and is the pediatric market leader
- Wesley Children’s Hospital has 16 PICU beds, 30 pediatric beds and an 82 bed NICU
- Wesley Children’s Hospital is the region’s only level II pediatric trauma center and has a dedicated pediatric emergency room
- Subspecialty coverage is robust and includes pediatric anesthesia, pediatric radiology, 24/7 pediatric intensive care physicians, etc.
- Newly renovated, state-of-art pediatric facilities
Wichita is Kansas’ largest city, home to 600,000+ in the greater metro area and drawing from over 1 million from rural Kansas and parts of contiguous states. The average single-family home cost is 30% below the national median and the cost of living is over 10% below the national average. Wichita offers a superb range of private and parochial schools. This regional hub of university faculty, healthcare, and aviation industry professionals demand great schools for their kids. Home of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, with over 1,000 faculty members and 13 ACGME-accredited residency programs. The hospital is 14 minutes to the beautiful new regional airport with five major airlines.
Wichita´s population is 350,000, drawing from 2/3s of the state of Kansas and parts of contiguous states. Wichita was named #1 Most Affordable City in the US by NBC's Today Show in 2010. In 2009, Wichita ranked as one of Forbes' "Best Bang for the Buck" cities and made Money Magazine´s List of 10 best cities in the U.S. Visit the city site for reviews and links to 7 recent national rankings that explain why so many physicians and post graduate-degreed professionals settle in Wichita.
Wesley Medical Center is a regional acute-care center licensed for 760 beds and 102 bassinets. The medical staff of 700 physicians and 3,000 employees provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for patients from throughout Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Every year, more than 180,000 patients are treated and more than 6,000 babies are born at Wesley. The hospital was founded in 1912 by a regional organization of the Methodist Church and has been part of the HCA hospital system since 1985.
- The largest Emergency Department in Kansas/ Level 1 (highest level) trauma center
- The area's only Gamma Knife Center
- State-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care units
- Newly equipped and renovated Cath Lab and EP lab
- Neurodiagnostics and stroke treatment
- Advanced care for high-risk pregnancies
- Cancer care
- The area's only hyperbaric oxygen chambers