Medical Staff Career Opportunities
Grow your career at Bassett Healthcare Network. Be a part of something bigger.
When you join Bassett, you're part of a highly skilled team of physicians and professionals looking for practitioners who are redefining what's possible in rural health care. We're an independent health system located in beautiful Central New York State, and we're committed to providing high-quality patient care, serving the needs of our patients and community, teaching the next generation of physicians and supporting our practitioners personally and professionally. For over 100 years, some of the best physicians and practitioners have built a career at Bassett, and we hope you will, too.
To learn if Bassett Healthcare Network could be the right fit for your career path, please see the opportunities below:
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Physician Assistant, Surgical: General
This program was developed in 2005 by surgical physician assistants in multiple subspecialties to train PA’s in surgery to have a well-rounded background in general and specialty areas of surgery. The program is run by physician assistants and attending physicians at Bassett Healthcare including a regional network of four affiliate hospitals and 28 community health centers serving an eight-county region in central New York. PA’s spend most of their time in Cooperstown, N.Y. at The Mary Imogene Bassett hospital, a 180-bed acute care, and inpatient teaching facility. Bassett has physician residencies in General Surgery, Primary Care, Internal Medicine and transitional year.
Currently, over 20 physician assistants practice within the Department of Surgery, including all of the subspecialties.
Responsibilities
- The post graduate training program is 12-months in duration, with didactic and clinical portions ongoing throughout the year
- PA's will participate in grand rounds, surgical case presentation, surgical subspecialty conference, surgeon-in-chief rounds, Morbidity and Mortality conference, Trauma conference and complete selected readings and/or attend conferences specific to each subspecialty rotation
- The PA will be encouraged to be a self-motivated, lifelong learner. PA's rotate through general surgery, ICU/Cardiac surgery, Orthopedic surgery, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gynecology, Otolaryngology, and Rural Surgery
- The opportunity to select one or two electives to complete during the last eight weeks of the program
- PA's should plan to work 50-hours a week, plus one night of call every other week
- The salary for the postgraduate program is $90,000
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Physician Assistant, Surgical: Neuro
Bassett Healthcare Network, a progressive, academic health system in central New York, major teaching affiliate of Columbia University, is seeking a physician assistant to join our Division of Neurosurgery.
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Join an established group of 2 Surgeons and 1 Advanced Practice Clinicians
- Responsibilities will include clinic, hospital and OR coverage
- No Neurosurgery call – General Surgical call is optional
- Previous surgical experience preferred but not essential
- Salary Range: $122,086 - $150,000. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare’s good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Sign-on Bonus up to $50,000
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Physician Assistant, Urology
Bassett Healthcare Network, a progressive, academic health system in central New York, major teaching affiliate of Columbia University, is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Division of Urology.
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Join an established group of 3 Surgeons and 3 Advanced Practice Clinicians
- Responsibilities will include clinic, hospital and OR coverage
- Surgical call with Stipend
- Previous surgical experience preferred but not essential
- Salary Range: $104,040 - $132,078. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare’s good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Sign-on Bonus up to $50,000
Location: Herkimer, NY
Specialty: Physician Assistant, Women's Health
Bassett Healthcare Network, a progressive, academic health system in central New York, major teaching affiliate of Columbia University, is seeking an experienced Women's Health Nurse Practitioner to join an expanding division serving OB/GYN patients in our growing network in Little Falls, Herkimer and Cooperstown.
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Join our growing team of 4 generalist physicians, 4 hospitalists, 8 certified midwives, 4 PA's and 3 NPs in a hospital-employed, evidence-based practice
- Collegial working environment with group employed model
- 36 hours work week with 4 hours of administrative time per week
- Integrated EPIC Electronic Health Record
- Salary Range: $104,040 - $132,725. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare's good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Sign-on Bonus up to $50,000
- Supportive and collaborative environment that includes APC development with APC Academy, FNP Residency and PA Post Graduate Surgical Residency Program Residents
- Group employed model with competitive salary
- Great focus on practitioner well-being - Bassett offers virtual scribes from day 1 and virtual coverage of in-baskets in a wide variety of services.
- Broad access to specialty e-consults
- No mandatory call (unless called out specifically)
- Join Bassett as a member of the medical staff
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Podiatry, Surgery
• Join an established group of 2 General Podiatrists and 4 Podiatric Surgeons
• Rotational On-Call expectations will be required
• 180 Bed Primary Hospital with Level III Trauma Center
• Instant Referral Base provided by over 300 Primary Care Clinicians
• Salary Range: $230,000 - $250,000. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare’s good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
• Bassett offers Physicians an incentive plan with no earnings cap. Individual performance and productivity can significantly enhance compensation with potential upside realized within the first year of employment.
• Sign-on Bonus up to $50,000
• Group Employed Model
Specialty: Podiatry, Surgery
Bassett Healthcare Network, a progressive, academic health system in central New York, major teaching affiliate of Columbia University, is seeking a Per Diem Podiatric Surgeon to join our staff.
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Join an established group of 2 General Podiatrists and 4 Podiatric Surgeons
- Inpatient and Outpatient coverage, including call
- 20+ weeks available to pick up
- 40+ hours per week available
- 180 Bed Primary Hospital with Level III Trauma Center
- Instant Referral Base provided by over 300 Primary Care Clinicians
- Salary Range: $130.00 Per Hour. Per Diem is an hourly rate based on full time range. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare’s good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Group Employed Model
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Psychiatry, Adult
- The Department of Psychiatry includes the Division of Inpatient Psychiatry (14 bed acute Inpatient Psychiatry unit, consults to Med-Surg inpatients at several affiliate hospitals, and consults to the Emergency Departments), and the Division of Outpatient Psychiatry (OMH-licensed clinic in Cooperstown NY) with satellites throughout the Bassett Network and extensive Tele psychiatry services
- Responsible for psychiatric evaluations and assessments
- Prescribe and manage medications
- Occasional consult Liaison coverage including tele psych to other hospitals in the network
- Inpatient call no more than 1:5 weekdays and 1 weekend per month
- Bassett Medical Center is a designated National Health Services Corp Site
- Salary Range: $295,008 - $330,000. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare's good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standard
- Bassett offers Physicians an incentive plan with no earnings cap. Individual performance and productivity can significantly enhance compensation with potential upside realized within the first year of employment.
- SOB up to $200,000
- Visa Sponsorship Available
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care / Sleep
Bassett Healthcare Network, a progressive, academic health system in central New York and major teaching affiliate of Columbia University, is seeking a BC/BE physician to join its existing group of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Physicians. The practice involves the full spectrum of Pulmonary, Critical Care and/or Sleep Medicine with proportions of practice to the physician's desire.
Job Description & Responsibilities
- Join an established group of 6 Pulmonologists, 4 Intensivists, 3 Sleep physicians. 2 Advance Practice Clinicians, 4 dedicated outpatient Respiratory Therapists and 1 Nurse Specialist. Clinical time and roles in the 3 fields, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine, is customized.
- Full Spectrum Practice including Pulmonary, Critical Care or Sleep Medicine
- Resident and Medical Student supervision and teaching
- ECMO, EBUS, Ultrasound
- AASM certified Sleep Center
- Full integrated EPIC-EMR since 2011
- Salary Range: $370,000 - $460,000. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare's good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards.
- Sign-on Bonus up to $100,000
- Group Employed Model
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Pulmonary Disease, General
- Join an established group of Pulmonologists, Intensivists, and Sleep physicians. 2 APC's, 4 dedicated outpatient Respiratory Therapists and 1 Nurse Specialist. Clinical time and roles in the 3 fields, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine available.
- Bronchoscopy with EBUS, Point of care U/S
- AASM Sleep Center
- Collaboration with ENT for hypoglossal nerve stimulator therapy
- Collaboration with IR and Thoracic for surgery procedures
- Salary Range: $328,067 - $410,006. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare's good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Bassett offers Physicians an incentive plan with no earnings cap. Individual performance and productivity can significantly enhance compensation with potential upside realized within the first year of employment.
- SOB up to $100,000
- Visa Sponsorship Available
Location: Cooperstown, NY
Specialty: Radiation Oncology
The ideal candidate will work as an important member of a multidisciplinary team to provide patient oriented care in an environment that fosters teamwork, collaboration, independence and puts patient safety first. The Radiation Oncology Department is accredited by ASTRO APEx through 2028. There is a radiation treatment facility at the main Bassett campus in Cooperstown and a second satellite facility in Oneonta, NY is 30 minutes away. This position will be primarily based out of Oneonta, NY but patient care rotates through both locations. Future regional travel may include Cobleskill and Herkimer.
- Full spectrum of radiation oncology services include:
- IMRT, IGRT, 3D conformal therapy, SRS, SBRT, SGRT, low dose and high dose rate brachytherapy, respiratory gating, and radiopharmaceuticals
- Equipment at Cooperstown Campus:
- Varian TrueBeam, Phillips Big Bore 16-slice CT simulator, Bravos multichannel HDR afterloader, Eclipse planning system and ARIA electronic record and dosimetry services
- Equipment in Oneonta:
- Varian 23ix and dosimetry services with a plan for upgrades
- Clinical trials onsite from major groups (ex. NRG, SWOG, etc) and also industry sponsored trials
- 5 day work week
- Salary Range: $500,000 - $630,000. This compensation range represents Bassett Healthcare's good faith belief of the compensation range at the time of this posting or advertisement. Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards
- Bassett offers Physicians an incentive plan with no earnings cap. Individual performance and productivity can significantly enhance compensation with potential upside realized within the first year of employment.
- Sign-on bonus up to $100,000
- Group Employed Model
- Visa Sponsorship Available -J-1 and H-1B candidates welcome to apply