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Dubois, Pennsylvania

Trauma Surgeon

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Job Description

  • Job Id: Y-MD-3483087
  • Profession: Physician
  • Specialty: Surgery Trauma
  • Job Type: Locum Tenens
  • Location: Dubois, PA
  • Service Setting: Surgery – Hospital (Level II Trauma)
  • Coverage Type: Clinical Only
  • Coverage Period: Oct 05, 2026 – Apr 05, 2027
  • Clinical Shift Schedule: October 5-7 (7a-7p) and October 9-11 (7p-7a); ongoing 7-10 shifts per month

Patient Information

  • Patient Demographics: Adults, Geriatrics
  • Patient Volume/Census: Varies; 4 trauma bays in ED
  • Case Mix: Trauma – abdominal, thoracic, ortho, vascular, neurosurgical

Facility Information

  • No. of Beds in Department: 272 hospital beds
  • Trauma Level: Level II
  • EMR System: Cerner

Privileges & Compliance

Temporary Privileges Available: Yes (emergency privileges for October)

Required Procedures

  • Abdominal trauma
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Orthopedic trauma
  • Vascular trauma
  • Neurosurgical trauma

Job Requirements

  • Licenses: Active PA license
  • Board: BC in Surgery (Surgical Critical Care)
  • DEA: Yes
  • Certifications: ATLS
  • Experience: 1-2 years post fellowship

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Provide trauma surgery coverage including abdominal, thoracic, ortho, vascular, and neurosurgical procedures
  • Manage trauma patients in a Level II trauma center
  • Work 12-hour shifts (days and nights) as scheduled
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary hospital team
  • Participate in emergency privileges process as needed

Key Responsibilities

Provide trauma surgery coverage and manage patients at a Level II trauma center, including abdominal, thoracic, orthopedic, vascular, and neurosurgical trauma cases. Work scheduled 12-hour day and night shifts, collaborate with the multidisciplinary hospital team, and participate in the emergency privileges process as needed.

Requirements

Requires an active Pennsylvania medical license, board certification in Surgery (Surgical Critical Care), DEA registration, and ATLS certification. Candidates must have 1–2 years of post-fellowship experience and be able to provide coverage across the listed trauma specialties.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Trauma Patient ManagementMultidisciplinary Collaboration

Surgery — Physician Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Surgery weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$438k (10 salary observations; 119 listings), vs ~$490k nationally (238 salary observations; 2,393 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 30 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 7% are remote, 83% have no call, 43% require no weekends.

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Pennsylvania vs national$438k median in Pennsylvania$490k nationally (−11%)10 state / 238 national salary observations
Cost of livingPennsylvania index 97.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Pennsylvania72 active1,280 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 7% remote · 83% no call · 43% no weekends30 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedPennsylvania physician listings (all specialties): 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $65k) · 15% offer loan repayment938 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery hiring demand#4 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed
New Surgery listings795 in the last 30 days493 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,279 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in DuBois

Median resident rent
$899/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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