Locum Tenens Opportunity: Neurosurgeon Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Facility: Level II Trauma Center
Schedule: 7-8 consecutive days/nights of 24-hour call shifts
Practice Setting: Adult inpatient, trauma, and elective neurosurgery
️ Neurosurgeons on Staff: 4
EMR: EPIC
Patient Demographic: OR & Team Support: Typical Caseload: Required Procedures & Skills: Cranial Burr Holes
Intracranial Pressure Monitor insertion & management
Intracranial Hemorrhage management
Tumor Removal
Bleed Control (Braid Bleed Stoppage)
Trauma Repair
Shunt Insertion/Revision
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Traumatic Brain Injury management
Neurocritical care management
Ventricular Taps, Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt management & reprogramming
Ventriculostomy and External Ventricular Drain management
Spine Surgery: Discectomy, Laminectomy, Spinal Fusion, Stabilization, Reconstruction
Lumbar Puncture & Lumbar Drain Placement
CSF Sampling from Shunts/Drains
Interpretation & management of ICP and CPP data
Submission Requirements: Board Certified or Board Eligible (ABNS) Required
IA License or IMLC with Copy at Name Clear Required
BLS, ACLS, PALS, APLS, NALS or ATLS Required
Experience with adult trauma neurosurgery cases Required
Comfortable with spinal/lumbar/thoracic instrumentation Required
Must be available to cover all assigned call dates No exceptions
