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The Medicus Firm has 2 physician jobs in Trauma Surgery
Academic Acute Care Surgeon | Texas
Ref# TRS 22478
Trauma SurgeonTexas Tech University in Southwest TexasThe Department of Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is seeking an academic surgeon to enhance the established » Read More
El Paso, Texas
Coastal Florida Trauma Surgery
Ref# TRS 22414
CRITICAL CARE, TRAUMA SURGERYFlorida’s Top Beach Destination$1/2 Million financial package(work 26 weeks/year)State-of-the-art Level II Trauma CenterFocus: Trauma, critical care, acute » Read More
Daytona Beach, Florida
Trauma Surgery Jobs
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Salary + Job Growth
The current average salary of a Trauma Surgeon is $255,889 per year, which averages out to around $122 per hour. It is important to note, however, that your salary will vary based on your location. The locations that have the highest average salaries are as follows (in ascending order): Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, California, and New York. The salaries in these states range from $264,389, in Vermont, to $283,420, in New York. The overall expected job growth for surgeons and physicians is 3% by the year 2030.
Benefits
Some advantages of working as a Trauma Surgeon include receiving above-average compensation, working in a highly-respected career, making an immediate difference in people’s lives, seeing patients with a variety of ailments on a daily basis, developing your career on a regular basis, and revolutionizing the way that patients are cared for.
Skills
You should possess the following skills as someone working in Trauma Surgery: dexterity, physical stamina, problem-solving/critical thinking skills, communication skills, the ability to work on a team, and hand-eye coordination.
Job Duties
In this role, you can expect to fulfill job duties such as performing emergency surgeries, running diagnostic tests, and prescribing pre- and post-operative medications and antibiotics. You will also be treating severe, life-threatening, penetrating, or blunt force injuries that have been sustained by patients.
Work Environment
Trauma Surgeons work in and around the emergency rooms of hospitals.
Education
Although your journey to completing your education to become a physician may be stressful, you may decide, at some point, that you wish to pursue CME, or continuing medical education. There are specialty-focused and directory-like websites that can guide you toward the CME resources you’re looking for. These resources may include live or virtual conferences, podcasts, videos, webinars, or live or virtual courses. The organizations that are available to provide guidance are as follows: the American College of Surgeons (ACS), EMCrit Project, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST), eMedEvents, and EB Medicine.
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