Physician Surgery-Thoracic - Competitive Salary

Job Description

St. Joseph / Candler Physician Network seeks to employ an experienced Board-certified Cardiothoracic  Surgeon to practice in the coastal community of Savannah, Georgia.

Highlights of the opportunities are :

• Employed position with a hospital affiliated medical group
• Facility is a not-for-profit faith-based institution
• Join 3 Cardiothoracic Surgeons and 4 Advance Practice Providers dedicated specifically to our CVTS program
• Support from 14 board certified Cardiologist
• Dedicated Cardiac OR team
• 1 in four call rotation
• Dedicated fulltime CCU / IP midlevel, to assist with best practice post-op care, inpatient consults PRN, post-operative monitoring / recovery, and patient discharges
• Experienced Coronary Care Unit and nursing staff, with excellent nursing ratios
• Thriving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) & Structural Heart Program
• State-of-the art cardiac catheterization and EP labs, a hybrid suite and heart ORs equipped for endovascular vein harvesting
• Da Vinci & Monarch Robotic Surgical Systems
• State of the art cardiac OR suites
• Fully integrated medical record (office and acute), with CVTS practice manager, scheduling staff, central posting, clinic RN, and clinic support
• Managed locally by tenured, ethical, and transparent administration whom partner readily with surgeons via shared decision-making models (executive service line forums, LOS initiatives, quality initiatives, etc)
• Multi-disciplinary patient focused forums (valve clinic forums, dedicated TAVR team, Thoracic-rapid-access clinics, etc)
• A leader in regional STS statistics

Excellent Financial Package :

About St. Joseph’s / Candler

Join one of the most technologically-advanced and well-respected employers in the Southeast. St. Joseph’s / Candler (SJ / C) is a not-for-profit health system featuring two of Georgia’s oldest hospitals, St. Joseph’s Hospital (1875) and Candler Hospital (1804). SJ / C has 714 licensed beds and is accredited by JC. SJ / C has earned Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence five times. Its comprehensive network includes primary care and specialty practices across a 33-county region. The system features several centers of excellence, and clinician led medical staff.

SJ / C’s commitment to acquire the latest and best technologies means we have revolutionary procedures and equipment not found elsewhere in the region. Technologies include CyberKnife, TrueBeam, da Vinci Robotic Surgical Systems, 3D Mammography and Laparoscopy, Monarch Robotic Bronchoscopy, Impella / TAVR suite, 3T MRI, computer-assisted Ultrasound and more.

Savannah, Georgia  is full of charm, and often called mysterious and intriguing. Savannah is known worldwide for its spectacular aged architecture, culinary variety, walkable nature, a beautiful historic district and hundreds of intricate gardens and city squares. But it is also the heart of the Creative Coast, with a growing knowledge economy, a world-class port and robust cultural and musical activities.

Savannah has been named :

Please email your CV to Monica Young at youngmon@sjchs.org or call 912-819-6952.