Physician, Acute Care Surgeon (ACS) / Trauma Surgeon

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The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.

Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

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Additional Job Description:

Board-Certified in Surgical Critical Care

The Acute Care Surgery (ACS) Surgeon provides comprehensive trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care services across the WVU Medicine system. The surgeon serves as a key member assisting in the development of the ACS/Trauma program and supports progression toward Level II Trauma Center designation. This physician will provide operative and non-operative management of trauma and emergency surgical patients while helping establish and support an integrated ACS and SICU model. 

Essential Functions

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

• Provide 24/7 trauma and emergency general surgery coverage as part of the ACS call rotation.
• Evaluate and manage trauma activations and emergency surgical consultations.
• Perform operative and non-operative management of trauma and acute surgical conditions.
• Provide inpatient management for ACS patients from admission through discharge.
• Collaborate with emergency medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, and surgical specialists.

Surgical Critical Care

• Provide care for critically ill surgical and trauma patients.
• Participate in development and medical oversight of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU).
• Direct evidence-based management of surgical critical care patients.
• Lead multidisciplinary ICU rounds.
• Support system-wide critical care initiatives and trauma readiness activities. 

Program Development

• Support development and growth of the Acute Care Surgery service line.
• Assist with trauma program readiness efforts associated with Level II Trauma Center designation.
• Participate in quality improvement, peer review, morbidity and mortality conferences, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop ACS clinical pathways, protocols, and operational standards.
• Support trauma, ACS, and critical care services across multiple WVU Medicine facilities as needed. 

Education and Leadership

• Mentor APPs, residents, nursing staff, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in physician leadership activities.
• Support ongoing trauma and critical care education efforts.
• Engage in committees and medical staff activities.

Qualifications

Required

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Board Certified in General Surgery.
• Fellowship training in Surgical Critical Care.
• Board Certified in Surgical Critical Care.
• Eligible for unrestricted West Virginia medical licensure.
• DEA registration.
• ACLS / ATLS certification.

Martinsburg, WV is in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia a little more than an hour from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD close to 3 international airports. A rural atmosphere and a lower cost of living mixed with the easy accessibility to the Washington DC / Baltimore areas make the Eastern Panhandle an ideal place in which to live. While Berkeley County is among the fastest growing counties in the state, there is little congestion and traffic. In recent years, a steady influx of urban professionals from nearby Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland have contributed to the growth of local telecommuting and high-tech industries. 

The West Virginia University Health System is West Virginia’s largest health system and the state’s largest employer. The System has undergone significant expansion in specialty and sub-specialty care in areas such as cancer, heart and vascular, and neuroscience, among many others. The Health System operates West Virginia’s first and only multi-organ transplant center, and opened a new, 150-bed Children’s Hospital in September 2022. 

Today, the WVU Health System has more than 2,400 licensed beds, 3,900 providers, and nearly 30,000 employees. Anchored by a 700-bed academic medical center in Morgantown, the Health System includes more than 20 member hospitals that collectively serve a multi-state region that includes West Virginia, Western Maryland, Eastern Ohio, and Southwestern Pennsylvania. To learn more, visit WVUMedicine.org. 

For additional information for questions, please contact Betsy Gambino, MSN, FNP-C, RN, Director of Provider Recruitment & Engagement: betsy.gambino@wvumedicine.org . 

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

UHA University Health Associates

Cost Center:

8465 UHAE UNIV Surgical Associates

Address:

2500 Hospital Drive

Martinsburg

West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

 

University Health Associates and its subsidiaries (collectively "UHA") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. UHA strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All UHA employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.