Location:
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Hours:
Varies

Description:
Orthopedics

To deliver the highest quality healthcare in a compassionate and nurturing environment throughout Aroostook County.

We are a community of providers committed to excellence in patient-centered healthcare and to improving the lives of those we serve. We are actively engaged in advancing the health and wellness needs of people in Aroostook County, including the unserved and underserved.

Pines Health Services is a physician practice management organization comprised of 32 physicians and 13 mid-level providers. Pines’ northern Maine locations include Caribou (3 offices), Presque Isle, Washburn, Fort Fairfield and Van Buren. In the fall of 2007, the practice was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center, providing enhanced access to health care services for all members of the community, and allowing the practice to employ providers holding H-1B and J-1 visas. Pines received a multi-year New Access Points grant from the Federal government in the fall of 2007. Our inaugural fully integrated electronic medical record system became operational in 2011.

For over 30 years Pines Health Services has provided care to a service area population numbering about 35,000 people. Pines Health Services has a dedicated, volunteer Board of Directors, and a strong, supportive relationship with Cary Medical Center. Pines physicians are active members and leaders of Cary’s Medical Staff.

Our clinical staff is fully engaged in quality improvement, earning multiple blue ribbons from the Maine Health Alliance. We are a designated preferred provider for State of Maine employees, and have been recognized by Anthem Blue Cross / Blue Shield as a preferred provider based on the demonstrated quality of care provided to our patients. Pines primary care offices in Caribou, Presque Isle and Van Buren were recently selected to participate in the Maine Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Pilot Expansion project. Simultaneously, we are working toward achieving PCMH designation from the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA). The vast majority of our providers are already recognized by the NCQA for the Heart, Stroke and Diabetes recognition programs.

Unlimited potential exists for Orthopedic Surgeons to join our practice, serving at Cary Medical Center. These opportunities have come about due to the expansion of our services to the community and the Medical Center. The communities we serve are economically, culturally, and socially inviting.

As an employee of Pines Health Services, the successful Orthopedic Surgery candidate will receive a competitive salary, generous health and welfare benefits package, professional liability insurance, CME reimbursement, relocation assistance, and education loan repayment, if applicable. Physicians also receive an annual allowance for licensing, DEA registration, professional society membership, and medical journal subscriptions. Immigration assistance provided by expert legal counsel is provided at the expense of the practice for candidates needing a J-1 waiver, H-1B visa or green card.

Practice Characteristics

• Specialists available at Pines include urology, general surgery, ophthalmology, neurology, all hospitalists practicing at Cary Medical Center, and occupational medicine
• Access to Cary Medical Center outpatient clinics including Cardiology, Pulmonary, Hematology/Oncology, Endocrinology, Neurosurgical, Ear, Nose and Throat, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Podiatry, and Rheumatology, along with diabetes counseling and nutritional therapy

Expectations

Grow the practice by providing high quality, efficient inpatient and outpatient care. Communicate effectively on an ongoing basis with office-based referring primary care physicians, with specialists at tertiary referral centers by telephone, coordinating patient transfers to appropriate tertiary centers as medically necessary.

Status: Full-time

Patients: Community profile includes a large cohort of elderly patients with co-morbidities, extensive engagement with middle school, high school, junior college and university athletic programs On-Call Rotation – 1:3, with the expectation that call will be handled collaboratively with other orthopedic surgeons in the practice group

Qualifications of applicants: Board Certified or board eligible on defined track to become Board Certified Allopathic and osteopathic physicians will be considered equally American born and trained physicians and foreign-born physicians who have completed a US residency and/or fellowship will be considered equally. H-1B and J-1 visa candidates will be considered. In-practice physicians, residents or fellows, and military-trained physicians will be considered equally. Fellowship training in hand, foot and/or ankle surgery is highly desirable.

Cary Medical Center OUR MISSION STATEMENT We are caring people committed to excellence in patient centered health care and community well-being.

OUR VISION STATEMENT We aspire to create a healthier community. Cary nurtures a supportive, professional environment to the benefit of patients, visitors, staff members, medical providers, and volunteers.

Cary Medical Center is 65-bed acute care hospital in Caribou, Maine. Well-known for its patient-centered services, the hospital and its staff have won numerous state and national awards for quality in both customer service and clinical performance. The Cary family includes approximately 540 employees, 60 active medical staff providers, 100 courtesy and consulting physicians, and 75 volunteers.

In collaboration with Pines Health Services, Cary Medical Center services include: general and vascular surgery, pediatrics, 24-hour emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics and sports medicine, cancer care, physical and occupational therapy, neurology, one-day surgery, family practice, sports medicine, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, occupational health, internal medicine, ophthalmology, urology, radiology, pathology, and a wide variety of specialty clinics (see list below).

In recent years, significant investments in technology have been made to enhance patient services, reduce the risk of medical errors, and to improve access to health information. At Cary Medical Center, we’ve proven that you can have the most modern medical technology while providing personal, compassionate care. This high tech, high touch approach to healthcare separates Cary Medical Center from many hospitals in the United States. In fact, Cary Medical Center has been listed in the top 2% of hospitals in the nation for health information and patient safety technology.

Thank you for your interest in joining the Cary and Pines family! For more information or to inquire further please contact our Coordinator of Physician Recruitment, Tami Kilcollins at 207-493-4849 or toll free 1-800-858-CARY (2279) or by email tkilcollins@carymed.org. Thank you!

Posting Date:
11/20/2019