Neurosurgeon
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Job Overview
- Job Id: A-MD-70369
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Neurosurgery
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Petoskey, Michigan
- Service Setting: Inpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Oct 02, 2026 – Nov 06, 2026
- Shift Schedule: 24-Hour Call; 14 days per month
Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Malpractice Insurance Covered; Travel and Lodging per client policy
Coverage Dates
- Oct 02, 2026 – Oct 06, 2026
- Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 06, 2026
Patient Information
- Average Daily Volume: 5-10 inpatients per day
- Admissions: Yes
- Rounding: Included
- Case Mix: Spinal and Cranial cases
Facility Information
- EMR System: Cerner
- Specialty Backup Available: Neurosurgeon, Orthopedic-spinal surgeon
Privileges & Comliance
Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
Required Procedures
- Spinal and cranial surgeries
- Emergent surgeries
- Inpatient rounding
Job Requirements
- Board: Board Certified in Neurosurgery
- Licenses: Active Michigan license or Universal License (IMLC) with clean background
- Certifications: ACLS, Board Certified
- Experience: Fellowship trained with minimum 2-3 years experience
- Other Qualifications: Clean malpractice background, NPDB self-query required
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide 24-hour call coverage for neurosurgery.
- Perform spinal and cranial surgeries.
- Round on inpatients daily (5-10 patients).
- Manage emergent surgeries and admits.
- Collaborate with orthopedic-spinal surgeon and neurosurgery APPs.
Key Responsibilities
Provide 24-hour call coverage and perform spinal and cranial surgeries for inpatient cases. Manage daily rounding for 5-10 patients and handle emergent surgical needs.
Requirements
Must be a board-certified neurosurgeon with fellowship training and 2-3 years of experience. Requires an active Michigan license or Universal License and current ACLS certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Neurosurgeon at Adelphi Staffing a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Surgery — ranked against 840 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 78% have no call, 52% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
Above average in Surgery
- Includes call
Living in Petoskey
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $462k
- Median resident rent
- $1,006/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 15 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.