Physician Acute Care and Trauma Surgery

Surgeon is responsible for providing medical, surgical treatment, and follow up for patients treated with severe and life-threatening traumatic injuries, critical illness or emergency general surgery conditions. Surgeon will work with providers in other specialties, as needed, to stabilize and treat patients. Surgeon assesses and manages patients following established standards and practices.

Work schedule:

Varied shift work in the hospital and in clinics that equate to 156 shifts per year for full time. This includes day shifts in the role of Trauma Surgeon, Surgical ICU and Emergency General Surgeon. Night shifts cover Trauma and ICU or emergency general surgery.

Work location:

St. Charles Bend, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Clinic

• Examines, diagnoses, and surgically treats critically injured patients and patients with emergency general surgery conditions.
• Performs patient examinations, obtains and records pertinent medical history, subjective, and objective findings.
• Orders and interprets appropriate laboratory, imaging, and other diagnostic procedures. Interprets and integrates data to determine diagnosis, and therapeutic plan.
• Administers and prescribes medications in compliance with state law and practice guidelines.
• Orders and performs appropriate medical and surgical procedures in accordance with State law and practice guidelines.
• Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatments.
• Educates patients regarding health, illness and injury prevention, and healing. Recommends community resources to meet patient and family needs.
• Maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information, documenting clearly and concisely.
• Triages patient telephone calls, providing consultation as needed.
• Communicates effectively with colleagues, patients, physicians, and administration. Maintains quality of clinical practice by selecting appropriate avenues for professional growth. Maintains CME requirements and certifications per trauma center and State requirements.
• Participates in and supports quality and performance improvement activities; identifies areas and functions where patients, staff, and physicians need information.
• Medical performance issues will be directed to the medical director of the service.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned.

• Acts as a leader and supports departmental goals and the vision, mission and values of the St. Charles Health System in all respects.
• Remains familiar with the organization structure, communications systems and billing process, completing billing and coding documentation within time assigned.
• Keeps all licenses and appropriate certifications current and unrestricted to maintain privileges at a St. Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.
• Participates in provider meetings and assists in policy formation for SCHS and provider practice. Participates in administrative activities of the trauma service as required by Oregon statutes.
• Increases understanding and collaboration throughout the medical community.
• Maintains compliance with hospital’s Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations, as required by SCHS Board of Directors.

• Provides customer service in a manner that promotes goodwill, is timely, efficient and accurate.
• Creates a healing environment that supports all aspects of care, respects the wholeness of the individual, and demonstrates therapeutic presence through attitudes and behaviors that enhance the safety and care experience for patients, caregivers and guests.
• Supports Lean principles of continuous improvement with energy and…