Acute Care Surgeon - Backus Hospital
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Job Description
Location Detail: 330 Washington St Norwich MOB (10352)
Acute Care Surgeon
Hartford HealthCare (HHC) is the largest integrated health care system in Connecticut and includes seven hospitals, a large multi-specialty medical group, the largest behavioral health network in Connecticut, senior care services and a rehabilitation network. We offer a clinically advanced and stimulating work environment in which to grow your career.
Every day, over 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.
There are no limits to what you can achieve when you join the Acute Care Surgery team at Backus Hospital. The extensive capabilities of the most integrated health care system in CT offer physicians MORE OPPORTUNITY as you practice alongside nationally respected colleagues in a progressive, physician led environment.
Our broad network includes seven acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in New England with more than 1,000 providers.
This means MORE OPTIONS to propel your career to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.
Opportunity for a fellowship-trained surgeon to join a team of highly trained Surgical Intensivists at Windham Hospital
- Surgical ICU, Acute Care Surgery, Emergency General Surgery and Trauma service
- 12-hour shifts with protected time
- The critical care unit is staffed with highly trained advanced practitioners
We support your development and wellbeing through the respected HHC Provider Leadership Development Institute and the groundbreaking Office of Provider Wellness
Located within two hours of Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.
To learn more please email Aaron Hull, Physician Recruiter at Aaron.Hull@hhchealth.org or call/text at (959) 599-8751.
Qualifications
- Qualifications - External
- Board Certified/Eligible General Surgery
- Fellowship trained
- Licensed or eligible to be licensed in Connecticut
Key Responsibilities
The surgeon will join a team providing acute care surgery, emergency general surgery, and trauma services at Backus and Windham Hospitals. Responsibilities include working 12-hour shifts and collaborating with advanced practitioners in the surgical ICU.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 86% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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