Wabash General Hospital is seeking to add an additional General Surgeon to their community due to a retirement. Call will be 1:2 for this opportunity. The surgeons generally do 2 ½ days a week in the OR and 2 days a week in the office. Most surgeries are scheduled and outpatient. No C-sections are performed. Wabash has 3 Operating rooms; one designated for Orthopedics, one for endoscopies, and one for general cases. The area meets the requirements of rural health scholarships and loans.  

The employment opportunity offers a competitive base salary.A full benefits package is included. Benefits include vacation, holidays, sick leave, paid malpractice, health insurance, dental insurance, long term disability, group term life insurance, flex spending, retirement plan, credit union, employee discounts for hospital services, prescriptions, and meals, CME allotment plus 5 days, and moving expenses.

Wabash General Hospital is a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital in Mt. Carmel, IL. CAH status allows the hospital to receive better reimbursement for Medicare patients, assuring its financial stability. Wabash General Hospital provides general medical and surgical care for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency room patients. Emergency room services are available on a 24-hour per day, seven-day per week basis. Wabash General Hospital provides services such as Medical/Surgical, Swing Bed, Monitored Care Unit, Emergency Care, Ambulance Service, Surgery, Respiratory Therapy, Case Management, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Radiology, Dietetics, Rehabilitation, and Physical Therapy.

Visit the hospital web site at http://www.wabashgeneral.com. Wabash County, Illinois is a very peaceful place to live. It is bordered by the Wabash River on the east, which allows for easy access to the state of Indiana. It is also just three hours away from St. Louis, Missouri and five hours away from Chicago. Mt. Carmel is Evansville, IN, where large Universities and shopping are available. Washington County is a very family oriented county. It offers a number churches along with your choice of several public or a private grade school, a high school, and Wabash Valley Junior College. Wabash County also offers areas for indoor and outdoor recreation such as an 18-hole golf course, areas for biking, an outdoor public swimming pool, an indoor YMCA pool, and several workout centers. To learn more about Mt. Carmel and the surrounding area please visit Wabash County Chamber of Commerce and Home - Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau www.wabashcountychamber.com and www.evansvillecvb.org