Position Overview 

A Texas hospital is seeking a General Surgeon for ongoing locum tenens call coverage.

This opportunity offers low-volume 24-hour beeper call with limited callback burden, flexible scheduling, temporary privileges availability, and ongoing coverage needs. Physicians will support inpatient consults, emergency department surgical evaluations, trauma-related general surgery needs, and urgent operative cases when necessary.

The facility maintains a favorable call structure and provides an excellent balance of compensation and lifestyle compared to many traditional General Surgery locum assignments.

Compensation Highlights

• $3,000 per 24-hour call shift
• $325/hour callback after 2 included hours
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice covered per client policy
• Ongoing coverage available

Pay Ranking: Top 20% of rural Texas General Surgery locum opportunities

Assignment Highlights

• ASAP start with ongoing need
• 24-hour beeper call only
• Low-volume call environment
• 1:4 call rotation
• Average 1–3 phone consults daily
• Average 0–3 patient encounters daily
• Average 0–1 admissions daily
• Approximately 10% callback rate
• 30-minute response requirement
• Level III Trauma Center
• Temporary privileges available
• Meditech EMR
• Texas license required at submission
• Joint Commission Certified staffing partner
• NALTO member firm
• Pay Ranking: Top 20% of rural Texas General Surgery call opportunities

Job Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour General Surgery call coverage
• Respond to emergency department surgical consults
• Evaluate inpatient surgical consults
• Perform urgent and emergent operative procedures as needed
• Round on assigned surgical patients
• Manage trauma-related general surgery cases
• Coordinate care with emergency medicine, hospitalists, anesthesia, nursing, and ancillary teams
• Complete documentation in Meditech EMR