Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a full-time BE/BC Orthopedic Hand Surgeon to join their practice.

About the Position: 

• Join a team of 4 physicians and 5 APP?s
• Support Staff of 30
• Onsite X-ray
• Work Schedule: 8am-5pm Monday- Friday  
• Expected Patient Load: 6.5 minimum patient contact hours per clinic day
• Admin time is built into schedule
• On Call 4-5 days a month
• Required to take General Orthopedic Call
• Hand Fellowship is required
• Residency must be in Orthopedics only

Recruitment Package May Include: 

• Base salary + wRVU production incentive
• CME allowance
• Sign-on bonus
• Medical debt assistance + Consultative services by Navigate Student Loans
• Relocation allowance
• Residency stipend
• Paid malpractice coverage
• Health benefits + Retirement plan
• Marketing + practice growth assistance

- J-1 waiver support via State Conrad 30, ARC, DRA, and HHS based on location and specialty

- O-1

Free Childcare: New Mexico now offers universal, no-cost childcare for all families, eliminating copays and income limits statewide-saving physicians and APPs an average of $12,000-$14,000 per child per year while providing access to any licensed childcare setting. 

About the Medical Group: Lovelace Medical Group is a multispecialty provider group, inclusive of clinics, doctors, and advanced practice providers in a broad range of specialties and primary care. Lovelace Health System built the city?s first hospital and since our organization was founded 100 years ago, we have been committed to serving our community and creating the best quality of life possible for the patients we serve. 

Lovelace has been identified in Modern Healthcare Best Places to Work in Healthcare, deemed a New Mexico Family-Friendly Workplace, and recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home among other awards.

About the Community: New Mexico is a rural state, surrounded by high-desert landscape and ample wildlife, rich with historical tradition and folklore. Primary languages are English and Spanish coupled with other Indigenous languages such as Navajo. The terrain is supportive of outdoor lifestyles including mountain biking, hiking, sightseeing, fishing, hunting, winter, and water sports. The cuisine is embedded with rich culture of Spanish and Indigenous people?s ritualistic recipes leaving you to answer: red, green or Christmas? Albuquerque acts as the hub of NM, as it is the biggest city and centered geographically in the state. Patients from outlying areas seek care for acute and chronic conditions in the metro area, which is served by three main health systems: Lovelace Health System, Presbyterian Health System and University of New Mexico Hospital. 

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