Urologist

Southwest Kansas offers a compelling blend of professional and lifestyle benefits for providers.

• High Demand, Significant Impact: Rural areas often face provider shortages, meaning less competition and a greater chance to make a substantial difference in community health.
• Professional Growth & Autonomy: Providers often enjoy a broader scope of practice and more autonomy in smaller settings. Opportunities for leadership roles are also more accessible.
• Lower Cost of Living: Housing, utilities, and general expenses are typically significantly lower than in urban centers, leading to a higher disposable income.
• Strong Community Bonds: Experience close-knit communities where you're respected, recognized, and an integral part of local life.
• Outdoor Lifestyle: Enjoy open spaces, hunting, fishing, and a slower pace of life.

Southwest Kansas provides a rewarding environment for pproviders seeking professional fulfillment and a high quality of life away from the urban hustle.

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As our Staff Urologist in Kansas, you will be a pivotal clinician and educator, delivering the highest quality patient care and comprehensive urological services while actively shaping the next generation of medical professionals within our Kansas healthcare system. This role involves a blend of didactic and clinical teaching in both inpatient and outpatient settings – encompassing diagnostic, surgical, and post-operative urological care, as well as broader urological management, while contributing to clinical quality improvement initiatives and community benefit programs, ensuring access to top-tier urological care for our patients.

Every day you will provide expert ambulatory and inpatient care, perform complex urological procedures, manage essential urological consultations, and potentially oversee medical residents or advanced practice providers in their clinical training if applicable to our program, meticulously managing medical records to current policy standards. You will actively comply with all managed care programs, Medicare, Medicaid, and federal/state reimbursement plans, including our ethical and religious directives. Furthermore, you will lead and participate in various activities focused on promoting clinical excellence and quality improvement within urology services, engage in medical staff committees, and, when assigned, provide crucial on-call coverage to support both our community's urgent needs and potential resident supervision.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Board-Certified/Board-Eligible Urologist, holding an active Kansas medical license (or eligibility to obtain one), demonstrating a commitment to continuously developing personal and professional competence through ongoing medical education and maintaining applicable board certification. We seek candidates who embody the highest standards of medical ethics, possess strong communication skills for patient, administrative, and potential trainee interactions, and are dedicated to actively engaging in hospital operational matters, peer review, quality improvement, and providing impactful community benefit services, including charity care and patient education.

• Provide a blend of didactic and clinical teaching in inpatient and outpatient settings, covering diagnostic, surgical, and post-operative urological care, and contributing to quality improvement and community benefit.
• Daily responsibilities include providing expert ambulatory and inpatient care, performing complex urological procedures, managing consultations, potentially overseeing trainees, and ensuring meticulous record management and compliance.
• Lead and participate in clinical excellence and quality improvement initiatives, engage with medical staff committees, and provide crucial on-call coverage for community needs and potential trainee supervision.

We believe in compensating our talent exceptionally well. For this critical role, we're offering a premium compensation package totaling $597,306 annually. This includes a valuable starting bonus to recognize your immediate contribution and comprehensive relocation support designed to alleviate the complexities of moving, allowing you to focus on success from day one.

Required

• Must have successfully completed a residency or fellowship commensurate with area of specialty.
• Obtain and maintain an unrestricted Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) registration;
• Be board certified or eligible in the appropriate specialty, by a board acceptable to Hospital;
• Obtain Medical Staff Privileges within the Health system, at sponsoring institution
• Doctorate MD or DO required
• DR-Current and unrestricted license to practice medicine in applicable state required

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