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Sentara Health
Woodbridge, Virginia

General Surgery/Level III Trauma Physician - Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Virginia

SurgeryIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

City/State

Woodbridge, VA

Work Shift

  • First (Days)
  • Provider Specialty
  • General Surgery

Overview

Sentara Healthcare, an Award-Winning Innovative, Non-Profit Healthcare System, is seeking a 6th General Surgeon to join their team in Northern Virginia.

Join a collegial, well-established, and highly regarded general surgery group at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. Responsible for elective and emergent surgical care along with trauma surgery coverage at our newly accredited Level III Trauma Center.

All call and surgical responsibilities would be based out of one hospital.

Interested applicants will have an opportunity to train or help expand the services offered at our SRC Accredited Robotic Center of Excellence. The surgical group is aligned with hospital administration with shared input on all aspects of surgical care.

Requirements for Candidates

Board Certified in General Surgery or Board Eligible with intent to sit for Board Examinations

Active Virginia license or ability to obtain licensure in Virginia

  • ## Named One of the Top Five Large Healthcare Systems in the Country by IBM Watson and included on Forbes List of Top Employers
  • All opportunities offer:

Competitive Salary Guarantee

Sign-On/Commencement Bonuses

Exceptional Benefits including Retirement Package with Matching Contribution

Malpractice and Tail coverage

$7,500 Annual CME allowance

46 Days Annual PTO

Located only 25 miles south of our Nation's Capital, you are offered unsurpassed professional, educational, and cultural amenities plus outstanding all-season recreation!

For More Information Please Contact

  • Kay Miller, kmmille1@sentara.com, 804-543-3473.
  • Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Providers at Sentara are eligible for special benefits such as Annual CME Allowance and 100% malpractice and tail coverage.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

  • In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
  • For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:
  • North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Key Responsibilities

The surgeon will provide elective and emergent surgical care while maintaining trauma surgery coverage at a Level III Trauma Center. They will also participate in the expansion of services at the SRC Accredited Robotic Center of Excellence.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery. An active Virginia medical license or the ability to obtain one is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Robotic surgeryElective surgeryEmergent surgeryPatient careClinical leadership

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates General Surgery/Level III Trauma Physician - Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Virginia at Sentara Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 876 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 82% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Surgeon Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 7 employers

28
$350k
7
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
12% this job
Relocation assistance
9%
Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 876 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Woodbridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$456k
Typical market rent
$2,188/mo
Residents’ average commute
35 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Sentara Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Virginia Beach, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Emergency Backup Care
Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
Life Insurance
401k/403B with Employer Match