Orthopedic Surgeon Job at Baptist Health Deaconess Medical Group in Kentucky

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY: 

Competitive compensation and benefits packages include:

• Starting bonus available 
• Relocation/moving allowance available
• Base salary plus incentive compensation available
• Student loan repayment assistance offered 
• Residency/Fellowship Stipends offered
• Allowed Time Off
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plans 401(k) and 457
• Paid CME (provided weekly) 
• Medical malpractice insurance

ABOUT BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE:

Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville is a 410-bed acute and skilled care facility with a special emphasis on community outreach and training students to provide medical care in rural areas. The service area holds a population of nearly 200k residents, the hospital has clinics conveniently located in nearby communities to provide care close to home.  Expansion and growth is currently taking place as well, including one of the fastest-growing robotics programs in the state of Kentucky.   Since 1971, Baptist Health Deaconess Residency Program has been dedicated to helping provide well-educated family physicians to rural Western Kentucky and beyond. We have a proud tradition of quality residency training, with graduates practicing all over the country, in both rural and metropolitan areas. Madisonville also is host to the University of Louisville Regional Trover Campus, where medical students who have completed their basic science years in Louisville then move here for all of their last two years of medical school. Medical group physicians can achieve faculty appointments and participate in teaching and research with these clinical students.

Our Services:

• The Jack L. Hamman Heart & Vascular Center for heart care, including electrophysiology
• A nationally accredited cancer care program at the Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center
• The Sleep Disorders Center, accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Mother and Baby care, including the Centering Pregnancy prenatal program, is the only one of its kind in western Kentucky
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 
• Award-winning Women's Services
• Acute rehab unit
• Complete range of diagnostics technology, including 3-D mammography
• Home Care and Hospice, serving patients in 11 counties
• Award-winning Wound Care Center
• Velys Robotic Solution for total knee replacement 
• Ion Robotic for bronchoscopy procedures 

The hospital has earned a Pathway to Excellence designation for excellence in nursing services from the American Nursing Credentialing Center.

ABOUT MADISONVILLE

Hopkins County offers the largest variety of outdoor recreation activities in Kentucky, including scenic trails, tranquil lakes, rolling grasslands and dense forests. Madisonville offers a variety of dining options, an amazing art theater and gallery that showcases regional and national art exhibits, multiple golf courses, and local boutiques for a truly southern shopping experience. 

Madisonville is home to an award-winning school system, Hopkins County Schools, and higher education through Madisonville Community College and Murray State University Regional Campus.

If you prefer to spend time on the water, Hopkins County is home to several lakes, rivers and other waterways. A local favorite for warmer weather is kayaking at the Mahr Park Arboretum or visiting Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park, which offers many different types of boat rentals.  Hanson is home to Kentucky's smallest historic district, offering a wonderfully restored downtown that is a must-see stop for artisan crafts and antiques.

Madisonville is also conveniently located between Evansville, IN, Nashville, TN, and Louisville, KY, so domestic and international travel as well as entertainment are always nearby.