Orthopedic Surgeon
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- Job Id: Y-MD-3475368
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Surgery Orthopedic
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Cottonwood, AZ
- Service Setting: Hospital and clinic
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 18, 2027
- Clinical Shift Schedule: Days
- On-Call Shift Schedule: 24-hour call
- Call Type: Beeper
Patient Information
- Patient Demographics: Adults
- Patient Volume/Census: 2 surgical cases/day; 6 new consults/day
- Case Mix: Orthopedic, pelvic/acetabular fractures, pediatrics
Facility Information
EMR System: Cerner
Privileges & Compliance
Credentialing Timeline: 21 days
Required Procedures
- Manage pelvic and acetabular fractures
- Manage pediatric orthopedic cases
Job Requirements
- Licenses: AZ license (IMLC LOQ accepted)
- Board: BC/BE in Orthopedic Surgery
- DEA: Required
- Certifications: BLS
- Experience: Minimum 1 year
Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage orthopedic surgical cases, averaging 2 cases per day
- Provide 24-hour call coverage for the hospital
- Manage pelvic and acetabular fractures
- Manage pediatric orthopedic cases
- Provide consultations, averaging 6 new consults per day
Key Responsibilities
Manage orthopedic surgical cases, including pelvic and acetabular fractures and pediatric orthopedic cases, averaging two surgical cases per day. Provide 24-hour hospital call coverage and consultations, averaging six new consults per day.
Requirements
Requires an Arizona medical license (an IMLC Letter of Qualification is accepted), board certification or eligibility in orthopedic surgery, a DEA registration, and BLS certification. Candidates must have at least one year of experience.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Certifications
Key Skills
Orthopedic Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 31 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 58% have no call, 61% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
- Includes call
Living in Cottonwood
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $405k
- Typical market rent
- $1,818/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.