Vascular Surgeon
Listed compensation
$200k-$300k
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Job Description
- Job Title: Vascular Surgeon
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Employment Type: Full-time or Part-time
- Salary: $200,000 – $300,000 per year for Full-time
- Vascular Surgeon Jobs in Philadelphia, PA: Your Wound Expertise, a Better Way to Practice
Few specialists understand chronic wounds like a Vascular Surgeon. You’ve spent your career treating the arterial and venous disease behind non-healing ulcers and fighting for limb salvage.
But with a nationwide shortage of vascular surgeons, many carry heavy call schedules, get pulled in overnight for ruptured aneurysms and acute limb ischemia, and spend long hours in lead aprons during endovascular cases.
Skilled Wound Care, a premier national physician group, is hiring Vascular Surgeons in Philadelphia, PA to work as wound care physicians and lead wound care initiatives in skilled nursing facilities across the area.
Maybe you’re a Vascular Surgeon ready to step away from emergency call, long OR days and the physical strain of the procedure suite. Maybe you want a part-time role alongside your current practice. Either way, this no-call Vascular Surgeon job offers a high-impact career without the corporate red tape.
Why Vascular Surgeons in Philadelphia, PA Choose Wound Care
In a specialty where being on call can mean a 2 a. m. ruptured aneurysm or an emergency limb salvage case, we offer a refreshing alternative:
The “No-Call” Lifestyle: No nights, no weekends and no pagers. No middle-of-the-night vascular emergencies. This is a true Monday–Friday surgeon job, so your evenings and weekends belong to you and your family.
Put Your Wound Expertise to Work: Arterial ulcers, venous ulcers and diabetic foot wounds are already part of your world. Your vascular training makes you a natural fit for wound care.
Keep Your Surgical Skills: Surgical debridement and bedside procedures stay part of your daily practice.
A Sustainable Surgical Career: Leave behind long cases and hours in heavy lead aprons. Bedside procedures are far easier on your back, neck and shoulders, so you can keep practicing for years to come.
Clinical Autonomy: Direct patient outcomes based on your surgical expertise, not a hospital committee or department hierarchy.
Smarter Documentation: Our custom software is designed to slash admin time, so you’re not stuck charting at midnight when you could be home at a reasonable hour.
Vascular Surgeon Responsibilities
- Use the latest advancements in wound healing to change lives in communities across Philadelphia, PA:
- Surgical and sharp debridement and other bedside procedures
- Evaluation and treatment of chronic, non-healing and complex wounds, including arterial, venous and diabetic ulcers
Advanced Dressings and Specialized Wound Protocols
- Collaborative care in skilled nursing facilities and the post-acute setting, where you follow patients through healing
- Vascular Surgeon Salary & Compensation
- Average Annual Earnings: 200,000–250,000 (no earning cap as an independent contractor)
- High Achievers: Top performers earn $300,000+ through performance bonuses
- Pay Structure: Per-patient and per-procedure pay, plus quarterly bonus programs
- Vascular Surgeon Requirements
- Medical Degree: MD or DO from an accredited institution
- Medical License: Unrestricted/clear medical license in the state of practice (or eligibility to obtain one)
- DEA License: Or eligibility to obtain one
- Open Background: We welcome Vascular Surgeons and surgeons of all backgrounds, as well as Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians. No previous wound care experience is required; we provide comprehensive wound care training
- Great Place to Work® Certified!
Skilled Wound Care is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the 5th year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Skilled Wound Care. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place to work – 39% higher than the average U.S. company.
Apply for This Vascular Surgeon Job in Philadelphia, PA
You’ve spent your career saving limbs. Now do it on your terms. If you’re a Vascular Surgeon in Philadelphia, PA looking for a no-call, Monday–Friday career, or a part-time role alongside your current practice, apply today.
Skilled Wound Care will ask all candidates to perform pre-employment confidential DiSC testing and appropriate relevant skills testing prior to hiring.
Key Responsibilities
The Vascular Surgeon will perform surgical debridement and bedside procedures to treat complex, non-healing wounds in skilled nursing facilities. They are responsible for evaluating patients and implementing specialized wound protocols to improve healing outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited institution and possess an unrestricted medical license in the state of practice. Eligibility for a DEA license is also required, and the role is open to surgeons of all backgrounds as well as Family and Internal Medicine physicians.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Vascular Surgeon at Skilled Wound Care a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Surgery — ranked against 1,103 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Surgery — Physician Career Context
Skilled Wound Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 83/100, 195 active listings.
In Pennsylvania, the Surgery weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$421k (13 salary observations; 95 listings), vs ~$481k nationally (315 salary observations; 1,731 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 45 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 91% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 11.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$250k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $256k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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