Apr 17, 2024

Orthopedic Surgery opportunity - Paducah, Kentucky - Up to $200,000 in recruiting incentives

  • Baptist Health Medical Group
  • Paducah, KY, USA
Orthopaedic Surgeon (General)

Job Description

 

Baptist Health Medical Group is seeking a BC/BE trained Orthopedic Surgeon to join our team in Paducah, KY  

  • New practice opportunity
  • Well established referral base in a collegial medical group
  • Excellent support team
  • Blocked OR time
  • Robotics 

See more info about Orthopedic Services:  Ortho and Sports Medicine - Baptist Health

Recruitment Incentives:

  • Competitive compensation and benefits package - Up to $200,000 in recruiting incentives including starting bonus, student loan repayment, residency/fellowship stipend, relocation/moving allowance, CME allowance and malpractice insurance/tail coverage provided
  • Two-year income guarantee with opportunity for additional productivity and quality bonuses
  • Generous time off  (7+ weeks per year for full time physicians)
  • PSLF Eligible Employer
  • Physician Mentorship Pathway for growth and development
  • EPIC (Gold Star 9 level)- electronic health record system integrated throughout all hospital and practice locations
  • Advanced Technology capabilities including DAX
  • Immigration support by experienced Immigration attorney through the Delta Regional Authority, if needed
  • On-site Daycare Available

Baptist Health ranks in 150 top places to work in healthcare, according to Becker's Hospital Review

  • Multispecialty physician-led medical group
  • 8 hospitals with over 1,500 providers, including 800 physicians and more than 700 advanced practice clinicians.
  • Comprehensive administrative and operations support teams
  • Physician leadership councils
  • Top 10% in the country for quality clinical outcomes.

About Baptist Health Paducah Hospital

Baptist Health Paducah is a 373-bed regional medical and referral center, serving about 200,000 patients a year from four states. The hospital provides a full range of services, including cardiac and cancer care, diagnostic imaging, women’s and children’s services, surgery, emergency treatment, rehabilitation, transitional care, weight management and wound care. The main campus covers eight square blocks, plus off-site outpatient rehab, occupational medicine, primary care, school clinics, imaging and lab. Overall, Baptist Hospital Paducah offers 20 points of care to make healthcare more convenient for area residents.

Baptist Health Paducah has about 2,000 employees, making it one of the region’s largest employers; and about 260 physicians representing more than 40 medical specialties. The Baptist Health Foundation Paducah supports needed services, facilities and other areas of growth. The hospital opened in 1953 as Western Baptist Hospital and changed its name in early 2013, along with other facilities in Baptist Health, one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in Kentucky. 

The hospital has earned Pathway to Excellence designation for excellence in nursing services by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.

Shelly Barker, Physician Recruitment Manager

[email protected]

Cell: 814-558-6223

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