Neurosurgery - Physician – Cedar Rapids, IA

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for a Neurosurgeon to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us a spot on the Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.  At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area’s clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

• Opportunity to practice in the Cedar Rapids community and to have multi-regional collaboration support with other UnityPoint Neurosurgeons
• Large patient referral base from our primary care clinics
• Clinical staff support, plus a first assist PA, and clinic-based advanced practitioner
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

• Average of 20-25 patients per day, during a full clinic day
• Average of 8-10 Surgical cases per week
• 2.5 days in clinic and 2.5 days in the OR each week
• 8 days of call required per month; APP takes first call
• Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
• Specialty care/surgical procedures: Spinal, Carpal tunnel, stimulators, and pumps
• Evaluates, interprets, and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
• Patient-focused, friendly, and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

• MD or DO
• American Board Eligible or Board Certified in Neurosurgery
• Ability to obtain and hold an unrestricted license to practice in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the physician’s field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States (H1-B cap exempt)

We Offer

•   Initial 2-year salary guarantee with ability to exceed on an innovative compensation program
• Attractive incentive package
• A competitive program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation
• Support and  that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
• A guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve

Community Details

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa’s centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state’s Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, “The City of Five Seasons” offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle . about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.