Acute Care Surgeon

Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center | Hazard, Kentucky

Hazard ARH seeks an acute care surgeon to provide inpatient, emergency, and trauma surgical care in a 7-on/7-off model with flexible scheduling. This position focuses on hospital-based surgical care, with no outpatient clinic or elective case responsibilities.

Schedule

Seven consecutive days on, followed by seven days off.
Coverage begins at 6:00 a.m. on the first day and ends at 6:00 a.m. seven days later, including overnight call throughout the coverage week.
Flexible scheduling and coordinated coverage arrangements within the surgical team.

Clinical Responsibilities

Perform daily inpatient rounds and manage patients on the acute care surgical service.
Evaluate and manage inpatient surgical consultations.
Provide emergency department surgical consultations.
Perform emergency and urgent surgical operations.
Provide surgical consultation and management for long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) patients.
Evaluate and manage trauma patients, including operative intervention when indicated.
Perform inpatient and urgent endoscopic procedures.
Provide vascular access procedures.
Coordinate care with emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, nursing, and other consulting services.
Provide timely documentation and comprehensive handoffs at coverage transitions.

Qualifications

MD or DO with completion of an accredited general surgery residency.
Board-certified or board-eligible in general surgery.
Eligible for Kentucky medical licensure and appropriate hospital privileges.
Demonstrated ability to manage emergency general surgery and trauma patients and perform endoscopy and vascular access procedures.
Strong communication, teamwork, and clinical decision-making skills.

Position Focus

This role provides dedicated acute care surgical coverage and continuity of inpatient care while supporting a sustainable schedule for the surgical team. There are no scheduled outpatient clinic duties or elective surgical case responsibilities.