Job ID: 3193

Type: Physicians

State: IL

Area: Chicago area

Specialty: ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Description: 45 minutes from Chicago, IL Medical Center is seeking Locum Sports Medicine trained Orthopedic Surgeon to provide coverage starting July 2026 - Length of Assignment: 6 months - Coverage needed: 2 8 hour days in clinic, 2 days in OR - Clinic days are 8-5p (with one hour lunch); OR days start at 730a. - OR right now is Mondays and Fridays, but they can be flexible for the right candidate on when OR/clinic days fall within the week. - Weekend coverage: 1 in 7 weekends. Alternate one day a week (Some weeks no call, some weeks one day). - Weekend shift times: Friday 5p- Monday 7a. - Weeknight coverage: Sharing with 6 other surgeons, some weeks will have no weekday call, others will have one night/week. Call Night will fall on the same night as one of their shifts. Taking phone calls from the ER. - Physician must also do a round, as bylaws state all patients need to be seen within 24 hours of admission. - Case mix / typical procedures: ACL/MCL/PCL, lots of knee and ligament, meniscus. Hip arthroscopy case experience a must, as well as multi lig procedures. Traditional Sports Medicine fellowship trained typical book of business. Bread and Butter SM. - Expected volume: 25-30 patients/day in clinic (current average); surgeries depending case mix (8-10/week - EMR system: Epic Number of other surgeons/providers on staff? 6 Orthopedic Surgeons. Total staff of 11 for physician providers. - APP support (PA/NP)? Typically seeing post ops. APPs are the First Assists in the OR. APPs take calls from home and share the calls from ER. - Level II Trauma Center - must have multi ligament procedures and hip arthroscopy experience. - Required: IL license or IMLC, DEA

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Contact: For more information please contact Ben Ferro at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.