Director of Acute Care Surgery

RWJBarnabas Health and Monmouth Medical Center are seeking a Director of Acute Care Surgery in Long Branch, NJ.

RWJBarnabas Health, the largest integrated healthcare system in New Jersey, invites an experienced leader to develop and grow an Acute Care Surgery Program at Monmouth Medical Center. The program focuses on Emergency General Surgery with robotics and Surgical Critical Care. The role is 80% clinical and 20% administrative with on‑call coverage.

Salary: $600,000 to $830,000 per year (range depending on education, experience and skills).

Position Overview

• Provide strategic and clinical leadership to establish a comprehensive Acute Care Surgery program.
• Oversee development and implementation of Emergency General Surgery.
• Deliver direct patient care in emergency general surgery and support critically ill surgical patients in the postoperative period.
• Lead and mentor residents and medical students in collaboration with Rutgers University School of Medicine.
• Support ongoing research efforts in Acute Care Surgery.
• Collaborate with hospital and system leadership to advance programmatic goals.

Candidate Requirements

• Board‑certified or eligible by the American Board of Surgery with additional qualifications in Surgical Critical Care.
• Fellowship trained in Surgical Critical Care.
• At least 7 years of relevant clinical and leadership experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching, research, and scholarly activity.
• Prior experience in program development preferred.
• Academic rank with Rutgers University commensurate with experience.