Job Details: Great Ophthalmology Position!

Company: Mercy Regional Health Center – Mercy Regional Health Center was built to serve the local community.

Description: Do you desire a great job, a great town and a quality of life that will exceed your wildest dreams?
ABOUT MANHATTAN, KANSAS, DID YOU KNOW. . .

CNNmoney.com ranked Manhattan 9th best place in the United States to retire young.

Fort Riley, one of the largest and oldest military bases in the United States is located approximately 10 minutes from the hospital. Home to the Black Hawk Helicopter Division, in about a year the Fort will be called home by 25,000 troops.

Manhattan's population exceeds 50,000 people.

Sports Illustrated magazine recently evaluated high school athletic programs nationwide. Manhattan High School was selected the number one program based upon the successes enjoyed by the students who compete in the many athletic programs.

ACT, the national academic testing institute, recently rated schools nationally for the rigor of their college preparatory classes and also how well their students faired on the ACT exams. Manhattan was listed as one of the top ten most successful schools in Kansas.

Home to Kansas State University, internationally recognized institution of higher education with over 22,000 students.

Last year National Geographic Magazine did a cover story about the beautiful Flint Hills, where Manhattan is located.

A national military magazine ranked the Manhattan School District in their Top Five List for Education for military families living throughout the United States.

Approximately 90 minutes from Kansas City.

ABOUT MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER,
DID YOU KNOW. . .

Named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals: Performance Improvement Leaders of 2007, placing the hospital in the top 3.5 percent of hospitals studied throughout the United States, which was released to news organizations via Thomson Reuters.

With over 120 physicians on staff, the hospital offers such specialties as (partial list) interventional cardiology, nephrology, urology, pulmonary critical care, hospitalists, plastic and general surgery, neurology, infectious disease, gastroenterology, oncology, psychiatry, dermatology, ENT, orthopaedics, pathology, and podiatry.

Patient survey responses between October 2006 through September 2007 indicate quality of care, strong customer service, and hospital accommodations all exceeded national and statewide results!

No managed care, all fee for service which is outstanding for physicians.

Physicians and hospital serve a nine county area featuring almost 220,000 people. We are THE hospital for these families. Many doctors do outreach clinics which generates referrals to other physicians on staff and to the hospital.

There is a state run malpractice insurance fund.

Our quality measures continue to exceed regional and national hospitals of similar size.

Medical staff policy, no more than 10 days call a month, unless you want more.

Currently all 130 rooms are private. Future construction will increase that by over 100 more private rooms. Also under construction is a medical office building. In the future there are plans to put a fifth floor on the hospital, along with a new helicopter pad.

Last year unveiled the Mercy Regional Heart Institute. This year plans are underway to develop a dialysis center.

Gained national recognition for the Joint Replacement Program and the Breast Imaging Center.
E-mail: Robert_Coe@MercyRegional.org

Posting Date: Sep 12 08