Practice Adult Orthopaedic Joint Reconstruction with UPMC in PA

Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Centers – UPMC has an opening for a fellowship-trained adult joint reconstruction surgeon to work in a Total Joint Center of Excellence facility, located in Pittsburgh’s desirable northern suburbs.

 

Opportunity Details

 

• Provide patient care in well-equipped offices and at an exceptional community hospital with close tertiary backup. 
• Opportunities exist to participate in training via UPMC’s adult reconstruction fellowship.
• Skills should include joint revision and periprosthetic fracture management. 
• Candidates with experience in robotically assisted hip and knee arthroplasty and/or direct anterior hip arthroplasty will have additional opportunities to advance care in our region.
• Assess and treat patients in an outpatient clinic, supported by a team that includes an advanced practice provider, medical assistants and surgical schedulers.
• Operate at a 400-bed, 21-OR facility with a dedicated orthopedic unit, robotic capabilities and on-staff access to medical specialists.  First assisting will be provided by orthopedic advanced practice providers; a full-time orthopedic hospitalist APP supports the inpatient service.
• Night and weekend on-call coverage in a 13-physician rotation, paired with an orthopedic advanced practice provider, who triages all afterhours calls and assists with weekend rounds and surgeries.
• Engage with the hospital’s Total Joint Replacement Center of Excellence team and other relevant committees/workgroups. 
• Board certification or eligibility is required. 

What we Offer:

• Comprehensive compensation package including a base salary plus incentive bonus
• CME time and allowance
• Outstanding benefit package including health, dental, vision and pension
• Generous PTO

About Tri Rivers MSK and UPMC:

• With a 50-year track record of physician job satisfaction and providing attentive patient care, Tri Rivers is a joint venture of UPMC and Butler Health System, both of which are well-regarded health systems.
• Tri Rivers’ 23 physicians represent four musculoskeletal specialties (orthopedics, physiatry, primary-care sports medicine and rheumatology), as well as five orthopedic subspecialties (adult joint reconstruction, sports medicine, hand/UE, foot/ankle and spine). Tri Rivers’ 28 advanced practice providers work top-of-license, rounding out our robust team.
• UPMC is a $23 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer
• 92,000 employees, including 4,900 physicians
• Over 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals
• Over 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites
• UPMC is inventing new models of accountable, cost-effective, patient-centered care
• Closely affiliated with University of Pittsburgh

About the Community:

• The position will be based in Pittsburgh’s desirable northern communities, located close to the city’s cultural district, professional sports venues and fine dining
• Great place to raise a family in the warm, welcoming communities with many housing options and access to quality schools and universities
• Abundant with parks, museums, symphony, sports complex, theater, shopping, restaurants, wineries and breweries.
• It is the location of Moraine State Park with the 3,000-acre glacial lake, Lake Arthur. Lake Arthur is used for fishing and sailing, and the surrounding park is used for hiking and hunting.