Orthopedics Physician

Locums Orthopaedic Surgery Bullhead City, AZ (Active AZ License Required) Why This Role

• Expedited credentialing in approximately 5 Äì7 days
• Temporary privileges available
• Ongoing locums coverage
• Inpatient and outpatient practice
• Broad general orthopaedic and total-joint scope
Assignment Details
• Start: As soon as credentialed
• Duration: Ongoing
• Setting: Inpatient and outpatient
• Facility: Level IV trauma center
• Coverage: Scheduled clinical hours plus beeper call
• EMR: Athena and Medhost
• Volume: Approximately 5 Äì7 patients per shift
• Admissions: Six or fewer
• Assigned and unassigned patient coverage
• Locums coverage supporting a long-term permanent search
Call
• Beeper call
• Required response time: 15 minutes
• Phone consultations required
• Call frequency and callback expectations require facility confirmation
Clinical Scope
• Arthroscopy
• Total hip and knee replacement
• Other total-joint procedures
• Shoulder, hip, and knee revision or repair
• Hand surgery preferred
• Tendon release and repair preferred
• Peripheral nerve surgery preferred
• Instrumented and non-instrumented spine procedures preferred
• Percutaneous disc surgery preferred
Support
• One RN
• One MA
• One office staff member
• No APP, resident, or teaching supervision required
Requirements
• Active Arizona medical license
• Active Arizona DEA
• Board certification is listed as required; the narrative states board-certified or board-eligible, so BE candidates require facility confirmation
• Current NPDB self-query
• Two years of relevant case logs
Credentialing
• Approximately 5 Äì7 days
• Temporary privileges available
• Vendor-provided malpractice insurance