Full Time :: Orthopedic Surgery
Blue Ridge :: Georgia
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Northeast Georgia Setting, Need for Sports Medicine, Total Joints and Scope Skills
Perfect opportunity for a BC/BE orthopod, preferably skilled and interested in "scope skills" for lovely Blue Ridge,GA.
County seat of Fannin county, which is Georgias fastest growing county, servicing a four-county area with a population of approximately 52,000
Area currently only has one orthopod that has a very busy practice, with most scope work leaving the community.
Significant need for surgeon skilled in arthroscopic procedures, sports medicine and total joints
15 local primary care docs are supportive and eager to refer!
Great payor mix: 30% Medicare, 30% Medicaid, 30% Commercial and 10% Self Pay
Practice possibilities include joining the existing ortho practice or establishing your own; either way the local hospital is prepared to assist with a generous financial package including
Cash Collections Guarantee
Commencement Bonus
Relocation Expense Reimbursement
Marketing and CME Allowances
Specialized Practice Start-Up Assistance and Support
Possible Educational Loan Repayment Assistance
Possible Tail Coverage Assistance
Our Hospital, Blue Ridge's 50-bed community hospital, was named as one of the nation's "Top 100 Hospitals" in 2003 and has won quality awards from the state. Its most recent JCAHO score of 99 reflects its reputation for quality service and compassionate care. Fannin Regional boasts three well-equipped ORs and staffed by skilled and stable CRNAs. The hospital's Rehab Services' outcomes are among the best in the nation.
Our Hospital, a 50-bed general acute-care facility, is Medicare and Medicaid certified, and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR).
The hospital has served the Tri-State area of North Georgia, Southeast Tennessee, and Southwest North Carolina with quality care since 1977 and offers comfortably appointed private rooms, a five-bed Intensive Care Unit, a Birthing Center, and an Outpatient Specialty Clinic.
The 24-hour Emergency Department is staffed by physicians and nurses trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
Fannin Regional was recently recognized by the State of Georgia for a Quality and Patient Safety Initiative.
Accepts J1s: No
