Critical Care​/Trauma Surgeon

Be part of a nationally recognized team! Northern Indiana’s premier hospital system is looking for a Critical Care/Trauma Surgeon to join our dynamic Level II Trauma Center.

Beacon Medical Group is expanding its Trauma & Surgical Critical Care service line and is seeking a full‑time BC/BE Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Surgeon who is passionate about saving lives and shaping the future of surgical critical care. This isn’t just another position—you’ll have a direct hand in building a new Surgical ICU division at Memorial Hospital of South Bend, Northern Indiana’s only ACS‑verified Level II Trauma Center.

Contact:
Caren Foster, Director of Physician Recruiting. Email: cjfoster@beaconhealthsystem.org. Phone: 574‑647‑1647.

Memorial Hospital serves as the region’s go‑to destination for trauma care. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with the best, working alongside emergency medicine, pulmonary critical care, and hospitalist teams in a highly integrated environment. You will have the unique opportunity to influence, design, and launch a new SICU for the community.

This surgeon will play a foundational role in the creation, development, and leadership of a new Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and serve as a primary intensivist for trauma and surgical patients.

The Trauma and Critical Care Surgeon will play a key role in leading Surgical Critical Care and Trauma/Emergency General Surgery services within an ACS‑verified Level II Trauma Center.

In the Surgical ICU, this physician will serve as a primary intensivist for trauma and surgical patients, partnering closely with SICU APPs to lead daily rounds, manage patient flow, and support procedures. The role includes establishing ICU workflows, admission criteria, and rounding structures, as well as developing and implementing evidence‑based protocols (including sepsis, rib fractures, VTE prevention, ventilator management, and massive transfusion).

Participation in SICU governance and multidisciplinary quality initiatives is expected.

From a Trauma and Emergency General Surgery standpoint, responsibilities include participation in trauma activations (15‑minute response for Level I activations), performance of emergency general surgery procedures, and comprehensive trauma care from resuscitation through postoperative management. The surgeon will collaborate with daytime trauma APPs and work alongside overnight APP support covering trauma, ACS, potential SICU cross‑coverage, as well as participation in outpatient clinic visits for trauma and ACS follow‑up as needed.

• M.D. or D.O. degree
• Board certified/eligible in General Surgery
• Board certified/eligible in Surgical Critical Care
• Eligible for unrestricted Indiana medical licensure
• Strong clinical skills in trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care
• Commitment to multidisciplinary team‑based care

• Experience with ICU, trauma, or ACS program development
• Experience working in APP‑supported models of care
• Academic or teaching experience
• Participation in PI/QI or ACS verification initiatives

• Shared daytime primary trauma call among Trauma/Surgical Critical Care partners, with an average of 6–7 trauma call shifts per month, with additional back‑up trauma call shifts, supporting a collegial and sustainable schedule with an excellent work–life balance
• Nighttime trauma and acute care surgery call with dedicated overnight APP support
• Approximately 5–6 overnight calls per month
• Well‑balanced clinical schedule that includes SICU coverage, scheduled OR time, ACS/trauma blocks, and outpatient clinic
• Strong daytime support from experienced SICU and trauma APPs
• Participation in Trauma…