Physician - Acute Care Surgery - Grand Rapids, MI

The Opportunity

The Division of Acute Care Surgery at Corewell Health West is seeking its twentieth acute care surgeon to join a well established and growing service line at one of the busiest acute care surgery programs in the country.

We are looking for a colleague who is drawn to complex, high volume work and who wants to help impact a program that continues to evolve. Our surgeons find meaningful ways to contribute beyond the clinical work, and we support them in doing so.

Who We Are

The Division is comprised of nineteen surgeons and nine advanced practice providers who care for the traumatically injured, critically ill, burned, and emergency general surgery patients at Butterworth Hospital, an ACS verified Level I Adult Trauma Center for thirty-five consecutive years.

• Second busiest trauma center in the state of Michigan
• Highest emergency general surgery volume in the state of Michigan
• One of the highest volume robotic EGS programs in the country, having recently surpassed 2,000 robotic emergency general surgery cases
• Seven day a week dedicated block time, with an operating room frequently running through the night
• Butterworth Hospital serves as a quaternary referral center for a region of more than 9 million people, supported by an extensive EMS and AeroMed flight system, with over 350,000 emergency room visits and 75,000 admissions each year.

Our Commitment to Verification and Continuous Improvement

We view performance improvement and patient safety as the mechanism through which a program gets better over time, and our verification work reflects that. We ask every member of the team to take part.

• Trauma: ACS verified Level I for thirty five years, with active participation in the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) and the Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program
• Burn: Recently completed our ABA consultation visit, with formal verification anticipated within the next twelve months
• Emergency General Surgery: In the early stages of pursuing ACS EGS verification and an active contributor to the Michigan Acute Care Surgery database

Understanding our opportunities through objective data is central to how we work, and our surgeons are encouraged to engage with that data and to help us act on it.

Practice Structure

The hired surgeon will rotate through trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care.

Five of our surgeons provide burn care. While we are not currently recruiting a burn surgeon, all of our surgeons participate in the acute resuscitation of the burn patient and in the care of the burn patient in the surgical ICU setting.

We do not work twenty four hour shifts. Coverage follows a 10 and 14 hour split, with day shifts, night shifts, weekends, and holidays distributed equitably across the year.

Education and Academics

As one of the main teaching hospitals for Michigan State University, the Division supports an ACGME accredited Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, currently two fellows, and a General Surgery Residency that graduates six residents each year. Opportunities for the education of medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as clinical and translational research, are abundant, and teaching is an expected and valued part of the role.

The Colleague We Are Looking For

Board certified in General Surgery and in Surgical Critical Care (Eligible is OK if you are a new graduate). Beyond credentials, we are looking for a surgeon who:

• Thrives in a fast paced, high volume environment and is comfortable triaging competing demands across a busy service
• Leads and delegates effectively across a multidisciplinary team that includes advanced practice providers, residents, and fellows
• Communicates clearly and consistently, particularly at handoff and across service lines
• Values performance improvement and patient safety as the foundation of a well functioning program and participates actively in that work
• Looks for ways to raise the tide, contributing to the division in ways that extend beyond excellent clinical care

Why Our Team Stays

We have had essentially no surgeon or advanced practice provider turnover in recent years, which may be the most useful metric we can tell you about what it is like to work here. The volume is high and the cases are complex, but the team is deeply engaged, colleagues support one another, and the work is genuinely rewarding. We are a family and we have a good time providing excellent care.

If you are looking for a collaborative, innovative, data informed team where your contributions are visible and your growth is supported, we would welcome a conversation.

About Corewell Health West Medical Group

Corewell Health West Medical Group is a multispecialty physician group dedicated to providing excellent patient care and building a healthier community. With a large and growing regional referral base, there is significant opportunity for continued growth across our system.

Qualifications

BC/BE - Surgical Critical Care and General Surgery

License - Michigan MD/DO 

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

Right in the heart of Grand Rapids, you’ll find a nationally recognized hospital for patient quality and safety and the regional leader in full-service hospitals. Since 1873, Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) has been growing and building a reputation of excellence in care, diagnostics, treatment, prevention and education. It is the flagship hospital for Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals, which includes Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, and Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion. 

Butterworth Hospital offers a wide range of advanced medical, surgical and specialty care services that allow the urban campus in downtown Grand Rapids to serve as a major tertiary and quaternary referral center for West Michigan and beyond. These services include the only Regional Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center in West Michigan. Butterworth Hospital is a clinical leader in cardiovascular, cancer, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, neurosciences, trauma and emergency care services, among many others. 

About Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education.  In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas. 

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy, and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65,000+ dedicated people—including more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members  Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org. 

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Butterworth Hospital - 100 Michigan St NE - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Surgery Acute Care - Medical Group West

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Variable (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Variable

Days Worked

Variable

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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An interconnected, collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work, is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system, we advocate for equity as we care for our patients, our communities, and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence, to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work, we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

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