General Surgeon
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Job Description
- Job Id: 104358
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: General Surgery
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Victoria, TX 77901
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Call Only
- Coverage Period: Nov 25-30, 2026
- Call Type: Beeper
- Call Ratio: 1:1
- Callback %: 10
- Call Response Time: 30 mins
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
- Travel, Lodging, malpractice insurance covered
Patient Information
- Average Daily Volume: 10 patients/day
- Admissions: 5
- Phone Consults: 5
- Rounding: Assigned Patients
Facility Information
- EMR System: Cerner, Athena
- No of Beds: 99
- Trauma Level: III
- Support Staff: 2 APPs
Privileges & Compliance
Hospital Privileges Required: No
Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
Required Procedures
- Laparascopic surgery
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy
- Hernioplasty
Job Requirements
- Board: BC
- Licenses: TX
- Certifications: ACLS
Key Responsibilities
The general surgeon will provide inpatient coverage, including rounding on assigned patients and performing surgical procedures. Responsibilities also include handling phone consults and responding to callbacks within 30 minutes.
Requirements
Candidates must be Board Certified in General Surgery and hold a valid Texas medical license. Current ACLS certification is required for this role.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 90% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 16.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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- Includes call
Living in Victoria
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $221k
- Typical market rent
- $1,193/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 89.8
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Victoria, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.