Hand Surgeon

Job Quick Facts

• Specialty: Hand Surgery
• Job
• Type: Locum Tenens
• Facility
• Location: Lansing, MI
• Service
• Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
• Reason
• For
• Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage
• Period: ASAP - Dec 31, 2026
• Coverage
• Type: Clinical + Call
• Call
• Schedule: 24-hr call; 7a-7a - 10 days/month
• Call
• Coverage: Trauma
• Call
• Ratio: Negotiable
• Patient
• Demographics: Ages 15 years & older
• Patient
• Volume: 4 (follow-ups only)
• No of
• Cases: 1 per month - 3 per month (summer)
• Annual
• ER
• Volume: 90,000
• Physician in
• Practice: 1 (Hand coverage) - 1 community provider (Plastics) - 2 hospital employed (Ortho Hand)
• Procedures:
• Hand-related procedures, Traumatic hand reconstruction
• General plastic surgery procedures including Facial laceration repair, Scar revisions, Skin grafts, Flaps
• Minor burn care
• Duties/Responsibilities:
• In-person response when procedures are required
• Patient contact would include consults, procedures, or follow up visits when scheduled
• Supported through Trauma Clinic
• Other
• Info:
• Clinic responsibilities are only as needed
• No additional support staff. Trauma team will support in any way we can, including assisting with rounding
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered

Requirements

• Active MI License or willing to obtain
• BC in Orthopedic, Plastic, or General Surgery
• BLS & ACLS (higly preferred)
• Self-Query NPDB Report (within the month)