Functional Neurosurgeon

Functional Neurosurgeon

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is seeking a Functional Neurosurgeon who is either licensed in New Jersey or eligible for licensure. The academic appointment will be at a rank appropriate to the candidate’s experience. The Faculty member will support the RWJBH & Rutgers Health Neurosurgical service-line and the Department of Neurosurgery in its clinical and academic mission.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical competence and surgical excellence in neurosurgery.
• Demonstrates factual knowledge and technical skills in the preoperative evaluation, operative management, and postoperative care of patients, including critical care, with pathologic conditions pertaining to neurosurgical care.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and surgical experience in evolving techniques, such as endovascular procedures.
• Maintains compliance with all applicable State, Federal, UNOS, CMS, and Joint Commission laws, rules, regulations and requirements and creates policies and procedures that ensure compliance for the programs.
• Surgically evaluates and treats patients who are determined to require services.
• Rounds daily on patient(s) in accordance with best practices.
• Attends departmental and interdepartmental physician meetings, morbidity and mortality conferences, quality improvement process, selection meetings and other meetings deemed as appropriate.
• Completes required medical documentation for patients’ charts in a timely manner according to hospital bylaws. Completes and signs operative reports within 24 hours of surgery.
• Provides accurate and detailed reports to referring physicians in a timely manner.
• Provides accurate and complete information required for billing and coding.
• Provides clear instructions and explanations regarding diagnosis, treatment, medications and follow-up to patients and their respective family members.
• Collaborates with surgeons, members of the surgical team, nurses, nurse practitioners, ancillary staff and other physicians and promotes a cohesive team environment.
• Maintains effective working relationships with attending physicians outside of the Department, as well as other hospital department staff and administration.
• Respects others’ time, including punctual arrival to meetings and concluding meetings as scheduled.
• Demonstrates thorough knowledge and adherence to hospital policies and procedures.
• Responsible for up to 120 days per year of the functional and general neurosurgery on-call coverage, depending on overall volume.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Location & Salary

Piscataway, NJ | Salary : $175,000.00 – $750,000.00

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