Northern Light Health
Location
Bangor, ME | United States
Job description
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center seeks a BC/BE pediatric orthopedic surgeon to join our hospital-employed pediatric orthopedic practice. Our current pediatric practice, with a longstanding history in Maine, currently includes 2 full-time providers that practice general pediatric orthopedics in addition to our support staff which includes 3 full-time ortho techs, 2 dedicated medical assistants and 2 pediatric schedulers.
We take great pride in the care of our patients with a multitude of conditions including slipped capital femoral epiphysis, pediatric fracture care, benign bone tumors, lower extremity deformity, clubfeet, early-onset scoliosis, neuromuscular scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, hip dysplasia, congenital deformity and more. Our practice is 1 of 2 facilities in the state that provides advanced subspecialty specific pediatric care north of Boston.
A typical schedule includes 2-3 clinic days with availability for 2 OR days per week. You are only responsible for pediatric orthopedic call. We have intraoperative 3D navigation adjuncts such as Ziehm and Arcadis, in addition to our established surgical spinal deformity program.
Pediatric sub-specialty support includes surgery, pediatric anesthesiology, neonatology, gastroenterology, neurology, cardiology, infectious disease, endocrinology, genetics, ophthalmology, developmental pediatrics and child life services. Pediatric hospitalist and intensivist services are available 24/7. Additional support staff within orthopedics includes sports medicine, orthopedic trauma, and orthopedic oncology.
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We are a 411-bed, regional tertiary care and ACS-verified Level II trauma center serving a patient population of 500,000 living in the northern two-thirds of Maine. We are a base hospital for LifeFlight of Maine, a critical care air transport service flying nearly 900 missions a year. In 2017, we opened a new $300 million tower which includes new lobby and dining facilities, state-of-the-art NICU, consolidated cardiac services, new surgical suites and PACU.
We are part of the not-for-profit Northern Light Health, a progressive and growing regional healthcare organization ranked in the top 100 integrated health systems by IMS. In addition, we are an integral part of the Northern Light Health Orthopedic Service Line, bringing together orthopedics across 7 other Northern Light hospitals.
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