Find your calling at Mercy!

Mercy Clinic in Joplin Missouri is seeking a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible General Surgeon to join our growing practice. This General Surgeon opportunity offers a quick ramp-up period and the ability to practice in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.

Practice Highlights

• Join two experienced General Surgeons and 2 APPs
• Position available due to a General Surgeon leaving. (Quick ramp-up period)
• Practice at one location: Mercy Hospital Joplin with optional outreach
• Call 1:4 1 weekend/month general surgery call. Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is covered by a separate group.
• APP support provided after ramp-up period
• Breast Surgery is required and will be shared with a general surgery partner.
• Experienced clinic support and fully staffed
• OR Block time consists of 1-2 days a week on main campus. Additional OR block times in sister hospitals (Galena Carthage and Pittsburg) may also be available
• Access to two Da Vinci robots
• Robotic training/experience preferred
• Preferred candidate will be comfortable with EGD/Colo/Trach/PEGs
• Interest/Skills in endocrine surgery (thyroids and adrenals) or colorectal is a plus
• EMR: Epic
• Teaching opportunities with stipends available

Compensation & Benefits

• $540000 income guarantee plus $50000 recruitment incentives
• Additional incentives tailored to your needs: sign-on bonus commencement bonus resident/fellow stipends
• While on guarantee: 20 days PTO 6 holidays 5 days CME
• $5000 annual CME allowance
• Comprehensive benefits from day one: health dental vision
• Retirement plans with employer contribution and matching options
• Relocation assistance up to $20000
• Occurrence-based malpractice coverage
• Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• H1B sponsorship available

Mercy Hospital Joplin

• State-of-the-art 250-bed Level II Trauma Center (opened in 2015)
• Regions only hospital offering all private rooms
• Accredited Cancer Center NICU sophisticated ICU and advanced Emergency Department
• 11 operating rooms (with space for 3 additional) 50 Pre/Post-Op rooms
• 18 anesthesiologists and 24 CRNAs
• Two Da Vinci Robots available
• Mature integrated health system serving 19 counties

About Joplin Missouri

Enjoy an exceptional quality of life in the beautiful Ozarks:

• Fourth-largest metro in Missouri with low cost of living
• Population: 75000 (regional hub serving 200000)
• No commute neighborhoods within 510 minutes of hospital
• Outdoor recreation: golf hiking fishing boating and scenic trails
• Excellent public private and parochial schools plus local colleges and a state university
• Home to Kansas City University-Joplin medical school (160 students annually)
• Convenient travel: Joplin Regional Airport with United flights to Chicago & Denver; 1 hour to Springfield MO or Bentonville AR; 90 minutes to Tulsa International Airport

Your life is our lifes work

At Mercy you can lead the way. Join a team where your passion for patient care meets cutting-edge innovation. As part of an organization rooted in nearly 200 years of compassionate service youll help deliver transformative health care experiences while exploring new technologies and shaping the future of medicine. What sets us apart is our unwavering commitment to physician leadershipfrom the highest levels of our organization to the front lines of carewhere physicians and caregivers collaborate embrace fresh thinking and drive clinical and operational excellence. If making a difference in your community is why you chose health care Mercy is where your purpose meets possibility.