Trauma & Acute Care Surgery (ACS) Physician - Paducah, KY (26-Week Schedule, $435K)

Location: Paducah, Kentucky

Full-time Trauma/Acute Care Surgery position with a 26-weeks-per-year clinical schedule.

Compensation and Schedule

• Salary: $435,000/year
• Clinical weeks: 26 weeks annually
• Preferred block schedule: 2 weeks on / 2 weeks off (longer or shorter blocks may be considered)
• No APP support initially

Clinical Duties and Volume

• Provide surgical consultation and operative management for trauma and acute care patients
• Practice with an initial team of two surgeons and help grow the Trauma/ACS program
• Daily consults: ~1-2
• Average operations: ~1 per day
• ED annual volume: ~39,680 visits
• Projected annual consults: ~492 (expected to increase)
• Projected annual operations: ~359 (expected to increase)

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Trauma/Acute Care Surgery or a related surgical specialty
• Experience managing acute care and trauma surgical patients
• Able to provide independent surgical consultation and operative care
• Comfortable working in and helping develop a growing surgical program
• Strong clinical and communication skills
• Willing to work a flexible block schedule

Application notes

• This role offers concentrated clinical weeks with extended non-clinical periods for work-life balance while maintaining full-time compensation.