Physician - Surgery - Neuro Colorado Springs

Summary: Penrose Main Hospital is looking for additional Neurosurgery locums to help fill their 2025 needs and to help backfill for locum who requires a 6 month break. Candidates must be available for any of the stints in the job description to be considered for ongoing dates.
BID DUE DATE: First to Fill!
Rate Caps for Submission:
Malpractice - Must be included in rates.
Orientation - *** - half the hourly/callback rate*** kicks in after 8 hours. "Per hour of orientation or training beyond 8 hours"
Holiday - Must be 1.5x the regular rate*** "Per holiday hour, no OT"
On Call (Daily) - *** and below - "Per 24 hours to include 8 hours gratis"
24 Hour Holiday Call Rate - *** - "Per 24 hours to include 8 hours gratis"
Call Back - *** and below - "Per hour of patient contact hours, after gratis hours are completed, gratis prorate to MSA terms."
Holiday Call Back - *** - "Per holiday hour of patient contact hours, after gratis hours are completed, gratis prorate to MSA terms."
Average Callback Hours: 7-10h
Schedule/Availability Requirements:
Jan 20 (7a) - 27 (7a)
ongoing dates are TBD, when schedules are released.
Details:
24 hour call (7a-7a)
16-17 shifts per month needed from all locums.
Site will schedule providers a max of 7 consecutive days per stint.
Facility Location: 2222 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Setting: Call, Inpatient, Emergency Room Trauma Level I
FTE: 1.0
Required Procedures/Job Duties: Surgical traumas (Cranial and Spine)
EMR: Yes/EPIC
Support Staff: RN, MA
Reason for Coverage: Short staffed
Dealbreakers (Do Not Present): Lack of availability for requested dates and provider required for break starting May 1, 2025.
EMR Required Training:
Module (learn lessons) - Must be completed prior to providers first day.
EMR Onsite training - Only able to attend if Modules are completed before training. Provider will be scheduled for onsite EMR training if Modules are completed, the morning of their first day.
All candidates must complete the following EMR questionnaire and detail it in the notes section of the candidates submission before an offer can be made:
What are the # of years of epic experience they have?
When was the last time (MM/YYYY) that they used Epic?
What is the name of the last facility the provider used EPIC?
Can you provide me with a photo large enough to add to a badge and not become pixelated?
Can you disclose the provider's time zone for scheduling the virtual epic training?
We need the provider's best phone # to use for call shifts while working. Can you disclose?
We need the provider's best email, to use for programs while working onsite and the preapplication. Can you please send us their personal email address?
Travel Preferences:
Preferred Lodging: Candidates must follow CSH Travel Policy.
Air Travel: Acceptable
Please detail any anticipated travel exceptions, for example a dietary restriction necessitating specific lodging situations. Travel exception requests will be denied if this information is not part of the provider presentation. Please also indicate the city where provider will be traveling from in the travel section of the provider submission.
Credentialing Information:
Timeframe: 60 days standard
Credentialing with other facilities? No
Billing enrollment - Is this position providing services in lieu of an existing enrolled provider for a period of 60 days or less? No
Emergency Privs? Yes, 2 weeks with clean file only.
Additional Details / Questions Answered by Facility:
Do they have any surgeons on staff that will be there for follow up after the locum departs? - Yes, we have 2 local surgeons that they will handoff to
Is this more cranial or spine? - Both, Cranial and spine
Any trauma? - Yes, this includes trauma
What are the typical cases they will be helping with? - They are helping with neurosurgery cases and incoming traumas
How many surgeons are they supporting? - The trauma team and two local neurosurgeons
Are there any other APPs to help with the workload? - No, APP help
What is the hospital's volume? - Hospital volume varies, there is no set number
Is there any endovascular requirement? - No endovascular requirement needed. We have a local provider.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
**MUST NOTATE ALL DURING NAME CLEARS**
Board Certified Neurological Surgery - Required
Active CO license - Required for January dates
Active CO License - Required or IMLC (LOQ at time of submission) - June dates only
Candidate must be available for the Jan stint to be considered for ongoing dates. - Required
Must state # of shifts per month to offer ongoing - Required
Completion of Neurosurgical residency - Required
Must acknowledge candidate understands the EMR training requirements set forth in job description and will complete in this order to avoid missing their start date - Required
Clean Malpractice/background - Required
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Board Certified
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
Colorado