Job Description:
When you join us, you’ll become a part of a nationally recognized health system dedicated to our mission of “helping people live the healthiest lives possible.” Brighton combines a welcoming community atmosphere with rich cultural roots, featuring a lively downtown of local shops and breweries, annual events like the Adams County Fair, and easy access to Denver’s urban amenities.
About this role:
As a General Surgeon, you will work with a team of healthcare professionals committed to providing quality care and excellent patient experience. In this role, you will provide acute care surgical services at Platte Valley Hospital on an as-needed basis. Typical procedures include appendectomies, cholecystectomies, and other general surgery cases.
Weekend call coverage runs from Friday morning through Monday morning, with a minimum commitment of one weekend per month. During coverage, you’ll round on 4–10 patients, perform an average of 3–4 surgeries, and participate in trauma handoff and patient management. There is also an option to hold a PRN clinic on Friday mornings for follow-up visits.
You’ll join a collaborative team of three experienced surgeons and one advanced practice provider in a supportive environment that values teamwork and patient-centered care. We’re seeking a surgeon who is comfortable working independently, preferably with trauma experience.
What you’ll bring:
How we'll support you:
We care about your well-being, which is why we provide our caregivers with a generous benefits package. In addition, we offer paid time off, license reimbursement, malpractice insurance coverage, and an annual CME allowance to support your continuous growth and development. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package.
About us:
Intermountain Health is a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 400 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across six states in the Mountain West.
Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values.
Intermountain Health was recently recognized by the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine award for our commitment to physician wellbeing. We also received the Lorna Breen Wellbeing First Champion award.
What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Health?
It means joining the Power of We, building an environment where providers and caregivers can deliver the best in healthcare. Realizing each caregiver and volunteer is vital to providing care to our patients, because WE can only achieve the extraordinary together. Committed to the best in research and most advanced technology, the results are better clinical patient outcomes
Life in Brighton, CO
Brighton, located along the South Platte River just 20 miles north of Denver, offers small-town charm with easy access to urban amenities. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy Barr Lake State Park for hiking, biking, and birdwatching, while cultural attractions include the Armory Performing Arts Center and a lively downtown with shops and breweries. Annual events like the Adams County Fair celebrate Brighton’s agricultural roots, making it a vibrant and welcoming community.
Platte Valley Hospital is part of Intermountain Health, a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on helping people live their healthiest lives. At our 98 bed, Level IIl Trauma Center, our mission is to bring healthcare to our community. They formed auxiliary teams, rallied troops, and went door to door until they raised $500,000 to open Brighton Community Hospital (BCH) in 1960. BCH became the first private general medical-surgical hospital in Adams and Southern Weld Counties and Colorado’s first two-stage hospital-nursing home medical unit licensed under one roof. In 1980, BCH became Platte Valley Hospital.
Location:
Platte Valley HospitalWork City:
BrightonWork State:
ColoradoScheduled Weekly Hours:
0The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$7.25 - $999.99We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.
Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Platte Valley Medical Group LLC is a healthcare provider.