Total Joints Orthopedic Surgeon | Immediate Volume | Edinburg, TX

Orthopedic SurgeryIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Opportunity Details

A premier, highly successful private practice in Edinburg, Texas, is seeking a full-time, Board-Certified/Board-Eligible Total Joints Orthopedic Surgeon to join their growing team. This exceptional opportunity offers a highly competitive compensation package and the unique advantage of stepping into an immediate, high-volume patient base within the rapidly growing Rio Grande Valley.

  • Quick Facts
  • Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent
  • Schedule / Hours: Standard clinical and surgical hours
  • Call: Option for call, shared equitably with the existing orthopedic surgery team
  • Patient Volume: Immediate, high-volume caseload from day one
  • Location: Edinburg, Texas (Rio Grande Valley)
  • Practice Setting: Established private practice orthopedic group
  • Support / Care Team: Comprehensive multidisciplinary team, including dedicated practice development and marketing support
  • EMR / Technology: Cerner EMR, state-of-the-art orthopedic technology, including surgical navigation systems.

Responsibilities

Clinical Excellence: Provide comprehensive total joint care, including primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty, across inpatient, outpatient, and surgical settings.

Collaboration: Partner effectively with a skilled team of physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), and robust administrative support staff.

Call Management: Option to participate in the shared call schedule to ensure seamless, continuous patient care.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Earnings: Highly competitive base salary with productivity incentives
  • Incentives: Generous signing bonus and comprehensive relocation assistance
  • Retirement & Equity: 401(k) with company match plus an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Full Benefits: Premium health, dental, and vision insurance

Qualifications

  • Certification: Board Certified or Board Eligible in Orthopedic Surgery
  • Training: Fellowship training in Adult Reconstruction / Total Joint Arthroplasty is highly preferred
  • Licensure: Active (or eligible to obtain) Texas medical license
  • Languages: Spanish language skills are a valuable asset but not required
  • Growth & Development
  • Partnership Track: Clear pathways to physician partnership
  • Professional Subspecialty Focus: Supported avenues for academic involvement and practice development
  • Leadership: Mentorship and leadership opportunities within a comprehensive regional orthopedic program

About the Organization & Community

The Rio Grande Valley is a vibrant, multicultural, and bilingual region home to over 1.8 million residents. It offers a low cost of living, top-tier safe neighborhoods, and an exceptional quality of life. Residents enjoy a warm climate, year-round sunshine, excellent golfing, and weekend trips to the pristine beaches of South Padre Island. The region is highly accessible, served by three major local airports that provide seamless national and international travel.

Apply today or contact Samantha Barnett, In-house Physician Recruiter, at Samantha.Barnett@uhsinc.com or 956.821.8418 for a confidential conversation.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Hip arthroplastyClinical carePatient managementRevision surgeryInpatient careOutpatient care

Orthopedic Surgery — Physician Career Context

In Texas, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$300k (148 salary observations; 975 listings), vs ~$296k nationally (4,168 salary observations; 18,083 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,500 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $48 per wRVU — implying roughly $408k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Orthopedic Surgeon Jobs

9 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution9 jobs · 5 employers

3
<$375k
2
$375k-500k
3
$500k-625k
1
$737k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution9 jobs · 5 employers

0
1-2
0
3-4
1
5-6
8
7-8
0
9-10

Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Orthopedic Surgeon - Total Joint

Permanente Medicine · Tacoma, Washington

$627k-$737k
#2

Orthopedist / Orthopedic Surgeon Pittsburgh PA

Healthcare Recruitment Counselors · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$520k–$600k
#3

Orthopedic Surgeon Alexandria VA

$450K - $520K
#4

Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon - Peabody, MA

$400k-$500k
+ 7 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Orthopedic Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 328 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Edinburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,029/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About South Texas Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
McAllen, Texas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) with company match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Signing Bonus
Relocation Assistance
Partnership Track