Locum Physician (MD/DO) - Transplant Surgery in Burlington, VT at Adelphi Medical Staffing

Job Quick Facts:

• Specialty: Transplant Surgery
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Facility Location: Burlington VT
• Service Setting: Inpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: Dec 23, 2024 - Ongoing
• Shifts Needed to be Filled:
      - Dec 23 - Jan 6
      - Feb 22 - Mar 2
• Coverage Type: Call Only
• Call Schedule: 24-hr call
      - No block time in OR
• Patient Volume: Varies
• Rounding Included: Yes
• Specialty Backup: Anesthesiologists
• Mid-level in Practice: NP who does first assist in OR, rounds IP & completes discharges.
• Support Staff: Surgical techs in OR, Transplant Administrator, Transplant Coordinators (all BSNs), Transplant Multidisc team as required by CMS; NP available (IP)
• Duties:
      - Transplant Call, screening/accepting/declining deceased donor kidneys
      - Collaborate w/ the on-call Transplant Coordinator to bring transplant candidate in for potential transplant
      - Rounding on transplant patients in the hospital less than 90 days from transplant in collaboration w/ the Transplant Nephrologist.
      - Collaborate w/ IP staff, Tx Nephrologist & Tx NP can assist w/ IP throughput (Transplant admin & coordinators can assist in navigating transplant candidate throughout. Coordinators call patients in for transplants but do not triage sick calls on acute transplant.
• Required Procedures:
      - Kidney Transplant w/o Recipient Nephrectomy
      - Preferred: Lap donor nephrectomy
• Trauma Level: I
• EMR: Epic
• Other Info:
      - Locum is welcome to attend the weekly Selection Committee meeting.
      -  Locum does not need to supervise NP.
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered