Physician: Orthopedic Hand Surgeon

Orthopedic SurgeryFull-Time

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Job Description

Description & Requirements

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most.

St. Luke’s Orthopedics has an exciting opportunity for a BC/BE Hand Surgeon. St. Luke’s has a state-of-the-art Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Boise, Idaho, where you would be located at. Our Orthopedic group includes 45 physicians and 29 Advanced Practice Providers within subspecialty service lines that include Adult Reconstruction, Sports Medicine, Pediatric Orthopedics, Foot & Ankle, Hand Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgicalists.

What to Expect

  • The facility has twelve operating rooms and dedicated space for hand clinic and hand therapy
  • Treat a broad spectrum of hand pathology, including acquired and traumatic conditions
  • The practice is currently supported by 1 hand surgeon, a dedicated hand therapists, and an APP
  • This additional need for another hand surgeon is due to rapid community growth and a high volume of hand referrals to this practice

Qualifications

  • MD or DO from an accredited medical school
  • Board-certified or board-eligible
  • Eligible for medical licensure in Idaho
  • Orthopedic Residency and Hand Surgery Fellowship highly preferred

Benefits Beyond the Basics

At St. Luke’s, caring for our communities includes caring for our team. Alongside competitive pay and retirement plans, we offer comprehensive benefits that go beyond medical, dental, and vision. You’ll have access to on-site massages, counseling through our Employee Assistance Program, childcare options, and the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool.

  • Highly competitive guaranteed base salary with potential for production and quality incentives
  • Generous recruitment incentives: sign-on bonus, student loan repayment, training stipend, and relocation support
  • Hospital-employed with excellent benefits, retirement, malpractice coverage, vacation, and CME allowance
  • Medical education opportunities: teach medical students and residents
  • Supportive work culture with wellness programs and employee recognition initiatives

Live Well in Idaho: Boise

Boise, known as the “City of Trees,” is a vibrant and growing city that blends urban sophistication with outdoor adventure. Discover a lifestyle with mountains, clean air, safe community, quality of life, outdoor recreation, and real community — all while working in a top-tier health system committed to care excellence.

For more information on this opportunity, please contact Julia Nigro at nigroj@slhs.org.

What's in It for You

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally.

In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings.

We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.

General Information

Department: Orthopedics Center for Orthopedics and Sport Medicine

Position Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

  • Job ID
  • 159758
  • City
  • Boise
  • State
  • ID
  • Category
  • Physician

Key Responsibilities

The physician will treat a broad spectrum of hand pathology, including acquired and traumatic conditions, within a state-of-the-art orthopedic center. They will also participate in medical education by teaching medical students and residents.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Orthopedic surgeryPatient careSurgical proceduresTrauma managementClinical assessmentHand therapy coordinationCollaborationCommunication

Orthopedic Surgery — Physician Career Context

In Idaho, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$354k (17 salary observations; 203 listings), vs ~$296k nationally (14,292 salary observations; 59,071 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $652k (middle half $560k–$725k)120 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Idaho vs national$354k median in Idaho$296k nationally (+20%)17 state / 14,292 national salary observations
Cost of livingIdaho index 95.5US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Idaho100 active22,812 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Physician pay trend+1.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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About St. Luke's Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
Boise, Idaho
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Highly competitive guaranteed base salary with production and quality incentives
Sign-on bonus
Student loan repayment
Training stipend
Relocation support
Retirement plans
Malpractice coverage
Vacation

Living in Boise

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$474k
Typical market rent
$1,900/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.4
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Boise City, ID metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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