Cardiothoracic Surgeon

About this Role

As a Cardiothoracic Surgeon (CT), you will be employed by Intermountain Medical Group and join the CT Surgery team at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. The CT surgery practice has been well established for more than 40 years.

This opportunity offers a generous competitive base salary with quality incentives, as well as productivity and call pay incentives. There is a great benefits package that includes retirement, CME allowance, health, disability, and malpractice coverage.

The workload is a shared 1:3 call rotation, along with a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance. McKay-Dee Hospital supports a top-tier heart and vascular program serving patients throughout Northern Utah, backed by strong cardiology and vascular surgery service line partnership and the resources of an integrated health system.

Clinical Practice

You will work alongside a collegial team of 3 board-certified CT surgeons and 4 very experienced CT surgical Advance Practice Providers, both NPs and PAs. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate and work closely with the cardiology group that includes over 15 cardiologists including a full spectrum of care of interventional and structural cardiologists, electrophysiology, advance cardiac imagers and dedicate heart failure physicians. The practice provides full spectrum care that prides itself on high-quality patient experiences.

Position Highlights

• Excellent opportunity for professional growth, and plenty of program support with great team dynamics

• Diverse Case Mix: Includes CABG, aortic surgery, treatment of atrial fibrillation, valve repair/replacement, benign thoracic, thoracic oncology, robotic surgery and integrally involved in structural interventions including TAVR, MTEER, and TTEER.

• No VAD or Transplant on site, but VAD/Transplant support at integrated Quaternary Center in Salt Lake.

• ECMO support at integrated Quaternary center.

• Surgical APP's provide support in the OR, hospital (first call for floor and ICU patients), and ambulatory clinic.

• The clinic is conveniently located in the hospital providing easy access.

• EPIC EMR utilization (system-wide).

• ICU support with excellent group of Intensivists on site 24/7

• Our Medical Group is a physician-led group with the administrative support of a larger hospital system

• The hospital is a Level 2 Trauma Center, a Certified Stroke Center. The OR includes two Da Vinci Xi robots, a hybrid room and two dedicated cardiothoracic surgery operating rooms.

• Academic-Level Care in a Community Setting: McKay Dee offers university-level complexity with the warmth and accessibility of a regional medical center.

How we'll support you

• Benefits: We care about your well-being which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package. In addition, we offer paid time off, license reimbursement, malpractice insurance coverage, and an annual CME allowance to support your continuous growth and development. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package.

• Compensation: We offer a highly competitive compensation package, including a base salary of $900,000+ for experienced surgeons. Base salary is informed by large, national survey and participating databases. There is an annual $75,000 bonus for quality incentive, call pay bonus per month for excessive call >7, as well as a wRVU-based productivity incentive. Additional incentives include a $50,000 sign-on bonus, relocation assistance (if applicable), and $5,000 annual CME allowance.

What you’ll bring

• MD or DO degree from a fully accredited allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine

• Board certification or eligibility in Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or the ability to obtain one

• Full prescriptive authority and an active DEA, or the ability to obtain one

• Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process

About us

Intermountain Health is a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across seven states in the mountain west. Intermountain Health was recently recognized by the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine award for our commitment to physician wellbeing. We also received the Lorna Breen Wellbeing First Champion award.

Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values at: About Intermountain!

What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Health?

It means joining the Power of We, building an environment where providers and caregivers can deliver the best in healthcare. Realizing each caregiver and volunteer is vital to providing care to our patients, because WE can only achieve the extraordinary together. Committed to the best in research and most advanced technology, the results are better clinical patient outcomes

Life in Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in Weber County, 40 miles north of Salt Lake City, that is the perfect place to work and live if you like easy access to outdoor activities. Ogden is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and is within a day’s drive of five national parks. Ogden boasts of its breathtaking mountain views and access to skiing/snowboarding (9 resorts within 60-75 min drive, including Snowbasin - site of the 2002 Olympic Downhill). There is no lack of summer activities either with several water recreational locations close by, Pineview Reservoir, Willard Bay, Ogden River Parkway, and only 10 miles from the Great Salt Lake.

Within minutes of leaving McKay Dee Hospital you can find yourself mountain biking, hiking, fishing, kayaking, and rock climbing. There are outdoor activities for all ages, affordable real estate, and our family-oriented community supports diverse interests for all cultures. Ogden is home to Weber State University.