Job Description
Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health invites you to explore the Neurosurgeon opportunity in St.
Petersburg with a thriving physician-led, professionally managed healthcare system. Established in
1993, Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health has been a leader in the healthcare industry for more
than 30 years. Now a part of Orlando Health West, Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health continues
to be the one of the largest multi-specialty groups in the Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco County
areas.
Role Requirements:
· Epilepsy Functional Neurosurgeon – MD or DO
o Functional
Neurosurgery fellowship preferred
o Epilepsy surgery experience required
· Board Certified
or Board Eligibility required
· Must possess/ability to obtain a Florida Medical
License
· Call coverage is minimal
o Ages treated – 18-years-old and up
· Hospital
location - Orlando Health Bayfront, 701 6th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Financial
Package:
· Competitive compensation package with opportunity to make more based-on
productivity.
· Generous sign-on bonus and CME stipend.
· Benefits package include paid
days, health/vision/dental insurance is available along with disability coverage, deferred
compensation and a retirement savings plan is available.
· Full malpractice coverage is
provided including tail coverage.
· Opportunity for growth and leadership development.
·
Dedicated APPs for each surgeon.
Opportunity for research and teaching.
Work Experience:
·
Work-life balanced schedule.
· Patient census. Expect to see 25+ patients per day utilizing
the efficiency of EPIC, electronic health record system.
· Collegiality. Work in a
team-oriented environment with like-minded physicians in an office housing primary care providers
and specialists throughout our network.
· Inpatient Support. Florida Medical Clinic Orlando
Health works with a team of Hospital Medicine physicians to support inpatient needs.
· Clinic
utilization. You will have the opportunity to practice medicine as it should be and utilize all of
your clinical skills-preventative care, chronic disease management, acute care and
procedures.
· Environment. Our offices are intentionally designed to meet the needs of New
equipment and clinical staff are ready to support functional and epilepsy cases with patients ready
on day one.
· Collaborate with a team of fellowship trained neurologists focused on epilepsy
and movement disorders.
· Robust infrastructure and operational support.
Orlando Health
Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg on Florida’s gulf coast is recruiting a Neurosurgeon with
fellowship training in epilepsy surgery and functional neurosurgery. Orlando Health Bayfront
Hospital has been a Level IV epilepsy program for 20-consecutive-years with a dedicated Neuroscience
unit and NICU with neuroscience trained nurses and AANN epilepsy certified nurses. The Neurosurgeon
would collaborate with an internationally recognized academically oriented Epileptologists with
expertise in functional neuroanatomic clinical localization of epileptic seizures. The program has
performed complex epilepsy surgeries and invasive monitoring including stereo-EEG (SEEG),
intraoperative awake brain mapping of seizures and intraoperative mapping of tumors in eloquent
regions. The Neurosurgeon would also do SEEG implanted of deep subcortical nuclei for drug resistant
epilepsy and responsive neurostimulation. The program has a dedicated video-EEG monitoring unit with
24/7 staffing and ABRET certified EEG technologists, 3T MRI with high resolution head coil with the
ILAE Harness MRI protocol, ictal subtraction SPECT co-registered to MRI, high resolution brain PET
and MRI PET fusion and diffusion tensor imaging for tractography. The multi-disciplinary team also
consists of Speech Language Pathologists, Epilepsy Neuropsychologists and Neuroradiologist. In
addition, the program has source localization and access to Magnetic Source Imaging. The program has
a regional reputation for epilepsy excellence.
The ideal candidate must be fellowship trained in
functional neurosurgery.
The candidate would have experience performing deep brain stimulation, and
be interested in growing a functional program that includes a robust volume of both epilepsy and
movement disorder cases.
The candidate would develop the deep brain stimulation for movement
disorders and pain and expand referral base for brain tumors and intra-operative mapping.
The
candidate would be experienced in functional imaging neuro-navigation programs and laser
interstitial ablation (LiTT) for epilepsy and tumors.
American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS)
Certification.
ACGME Residency in Neurosurgery.
Community Highlights:
· Home of some of
the top-rated beaches in the country.
· Several museums including The Dali Museum.
·
Home to the Mahaffey Theater and Ruth Eckerd Hall.
· The hospital is a quick walk to the
vibrant eclectic downtown waterfront with excellent restaurants, arts, music and other cultural
activities.
Tampa International airport – voted the best large airport in North America for the
2nd year in a row - allows easy access to travel anywhere in the US and internationally.
·
Tampa is home to Busch Gardens and Adventure Island.
· Straz Performing Arts Center is a
short drive to Tampa.
· Disney World, Sea World and Universal are only an hour and a half
away.
· Major Local Universities:
o University of South Florida
o Saint Leo
University
o University of Tampa
· Award winning sports teams:
o Tampa Bay Buccaneers –
Super Bowl Champions 2021
o Tampa Bay Lightning – Stanley Cup Winners 2020 & 2021
o Tampa Bay
Rays – World Series Champions 2020
o Tampa Bay Rowdies – Soccer Finalist 2020
· Wonderful
community to raise a family; excellent public and private schools, diverse neighborhoods, outdoor
activities.
· Florida does not have state income tax!
Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health
is a Non-profit, Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race,
gender, disability or protected veteran status.
Not a J-1 or H-1B Visa position
Florida Medical
Clinic Orlando Health is a drug-free workplace and maintains a policy in which new hires will be
required to submit to pre-employment drug testing. This policy is intended to comply with applicable
laws regarding drug testing and any privacy rights.
Additional Information:
- Specialty: Neurosurgery
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Contact: Laura Mulert
About the Company:
Florida Medical Clinic is located in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, currently in Hillsborough and
Pasco County. We have multiple locations and ancillaries and have been in practice for more than 30
years.