What are the responsibilities and job description for the Acute Care Surgeon position at Capital Health?
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- Diagnoses and treats critically ill patients requiring emergency and elective surgical care;
- Responsible for the delivery of cost-effective surgical care, both inpatient and outpatient; develops and implements treatment plans including non-operative management and postoperative care;
- Works collaboratively with the Director and members of the Surgical Department on departmental, hospital-based and system wide quality improvement and safety goals and evidence-based practices / objectives;
- Works collaboratively with residency program directors and physician extender / medical student clerkship directors to create an optimal education environment for the trainees and the various training programs;
- Provides mentorship to residents, PAs, NP, RNFAs for clinical, academic, educational and leadership development;
- Responsible for participation in and completion of Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations and / or performance of Focused Professional Practice Evaluations, as necessary;
- Reports to the Director of the Surgical Department and Surgical Critical Care and the Chief Medical Officer(s) of the Capital Health System;
- Manages patients overall care, from initial evaluation to postoperative recovery outpatient follow-up;
- Provides expeditious, expert life-saving interventions in emergency departments, floors, ICUs, as necessary;
- Performs emergency surgeries - open, laparoscopic and robotic;
- Provides care in the ICU setting, including ventilators, hemodynamic support and surgical nutrition, all in a closed unit model with a multidisciplinary approach;
- Collaborates with other specialists, such as interventional radiologists, gastroenterologists, MFM and OG / GYN, emergency medicine physicians, anesthesiologists and intensivists;
- Educates patients, family members and other healthcare providers on surgical conditions, treatment plans, stays up-to-date on the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices.
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