Locum - Physician - Surgery - Hand Lansing, MI

Title:

Locum
- Physician
- Surgery
- Hand Lansing, MI

Description:

UMH Sparrow Lansing Main Hospital is seeking a Board Certified in Hand Surgery, available to 24-hour trauma call coverage approximately 10 days per month.

Details:

• date of coverage: ASAP - December 2026
• Practice Setting: 24-hour Trauma Call (Client Verified Level One Trauma Center)
• Shift
  
  Schedule:
  
  0700a 0700a
• Reason for Coverage: Insufficient local hand coverage for 24/7/365 needs about 10 days a month
• Call Ratio: Negotiable
• Patient Demographics: Ages 15 years and older (adolescent through geriatric)
• Number of Plastic Surgeon in Practice: 1 (Hand coverage), 1 community provider (Plastics), 2 hospital employed (Ortho Hand)

Case Volume:

• Average: 1 surgical case per month
• Summer months
  :
  Approximately 3 per month
• Annual ER Volume: 90,000

Clinic Responsibilities:

• In-person response when procedures are required
• Patient contact would include consults, procedures, or follow up visits when scheduled.
• Supported through Trauma Clinic:
  Tuesdays, 9:00 AM 12:00 PM; SPB Suite 600

Required Procedures:

• Hand-related procedures
• Traumatic hand reconstruction
• General plastic surgery procedures including Facial laceration repair, Scar revisions, Skin grafts, Flaps
• Minor burn care

Bill Rates needed for submission:

• Malpractice (must be included in the rates)
• Orientation (1/2 of callback)
• 24 Hour On Call (
  *** rate cap) 4 hrs of patient contact (client is looking for competitive rates and will be a determining factor)
• 24 Hour Holiday Call 1.5X
• Call Back (
  *** rate cap)
• Holiday Call Back 1.5X
• Conversion Fee (
  *** k rate cap)

No additional support staff. Our Trauma team will support in any way we can, including assisting with rounding.

Clinic responsibilities are only as needed. There may be one week where the locum would see 4 patients in follow up (unlikely and rare, but possible) and there will be weeks when no follows ups are scheduled.

Credentialing takes 120+ days

The sites has about 50 "hand cases" perm year.
BULK of what they will experience is simply being on call without many calls. As we begin our busy season in Trauma, the pace will pick up a bit, but not much. The goal is to not transfer these patients out.
Facility will reimburse:

• Flight
• Hotel
• Mileage or car rental

Orientation rate is ***/2 the hourly rate
Estimated Credentialing Timeframe: ASAP