This General Surgeon is a licensed physician who adheres to the highest standards of evidence based medical practice, ethics, and professionalism at all times. This position provides surgical services in an outpatient/inpatient setting, consisting of diagnosis, treatment and referrals as appropriate. Duties of this position are to understand HCD Primary Care Clinics/Lakeside Medical Center protocols and procedures and to ensure quality of care for all patients.

Essential Functions:

• Performs surgeries and manages the surgical team both in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Develops preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative plans.
• Discusses surgery results with patients and medical staff.
• Examines patients to make diagnoses and treat illnesses and injuries.
• Surgeon is part of Medical staff and will adhere to all medical laws/guidelines, medical staff policies/Bylaws, regulations, and standards.
• Adheres to the healthcare facility’s policies and procedures.
• Physician is hired full-time.
• Physician will be responsible for the completion of all medical records in a timely manner.
• The Physician round on in service patients and will provide appropriate sign-off once off duty.
• Physician will provide call coverage to Lakeside Medical center’s Emergency room while on duty.
• This physician will respond to facility in house emergencys once Physician is made aware.  Should multiple emergencies occur simultaneously, a Physician will do his or her best to evaluate the situation is and respond to patients most urgently needing evaluation and treatment.
• The physician will assist hospital administration and marketing and development of the general surgery program.

The Physician will continuously demonstrate the following core competencies:

• Patient care. The Physician will demonstrate safe, efficient appropriate Medical Care.
• Medical knowledge. The Physician will engage in continuous learning using up-to-date evidence.
• Practice-based learning and improvement. The Physician will participate and evaluation of their personal practice and utilizing scientific evidence.
• Interpersonal and communication skills. The Physician will effectively communicate with patients, colleagues, referring Physicians and other members of the Medical Care team.
• The Physician will commit to high standards of professional conduct, demonstrating altruism, compassion, honesty and integrity.
• Systems-based practice. The Physician will demonstrate knowledge of the components of the Health Care System, how those components interact and how improvements can be made with individual and group efforts.

Education: 

• A Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree is required.

Experience: 

• At least 5 years of surgical experience is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience in a rural setting and in a public sponsored hospital is preferred.  Bilingual /Trilingual in English, Creole and Spanish preferred.

Certification: 

• An active certification or eligibility in general surgery from The American Board of Surgery is required

Licensure:   

• Unrestricted license form the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine or the Florida Medical Board.

Registrations:   

• Drug Enforcement Agency Controlled Substance Registration including schedules: 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5.

Training:

• Current Medicare and Medicaid provider numbers required.

Health Care District of Palm Beach County is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.