Physician Opportunities Physician Opportunity: Critical Care/Trauma Surgery Physician Job Description The trauma team at CoxHealth is seeking a BC/BE trauma and critical care surgeon with skills in critical care and trauma surgery to extend high-level care to patients in southwest Missouri. The position would provide acute care surgery, on-call trauma surgery, and critical care management services to a Level 1 trauma center in Springfield, MO.Physicians would join a growing team of trauma surgeons and sub-specialty surgeons serving a large tertiary care center, Cox Medical Center South. The team is currently staffed by four trauma/critical care surgeons with assistance from a team of advanced practice providers. Call is 1:6. We offer significant employment benefits, great partners, and a well-developed medical community to jump start your career.New partners must be able to work well with various members of the medical community in a fast-paced hospital setting. Candidates must have excellent surgical and critical care management skills and trauma/critical care fellowship.This is a great opportunity to join a progressive group of physicians in a vibrant medical setting. Categories Critical Care Trauma Surgery Why CoxHealth?Our health system includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 200 primary care physicians serving 24 counties. Ferrell-Duncan Clinic, our multispecialty clinic physician group, offers 23 specialties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.Working at CoxHealth Why the Springfield Area? Springfield Missouri is a vibrant and energetic area that serves as a hub for health care, entertainment and shopping for southwest Missouri. It's the third-largest city in Missouri, with a metro population of more than 450,000. Springfield is consistently rated as one of the "Top Quality of Life Communities in the Nation" by Money Magazine. It offers outdoor activities, live music, theaters, major sports teams and an established academic community. Enjoy a low cost of living, convenient airport access and top-rated schools.