General Surgery Locum Tenens Physician

Position Overview 

HPA Healthcare is seeking a General Surgery Physician for an ongoing locum tenens opportunity in Walla Walla, Washington beginning November 2026.

This assignment offers a combination of weekday clinical coverage, weeknight beeper call and 24-hour weekend call. The physician will provide inpatient general surgery and trauma coverage with approximately 2 weeks of coverage required per month.

Pay Ranking

Highly Competitive General Surgery Locum Tenens Compensation

Provider Pay: $240/hour for scheduled clinical coverage, plus additional compensation for call, callback, overtime and holidays.

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Assignment Highlights

• Specialty: General Surgery
• Provider Type: Physician – MD/DO
• Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
• Setting: Inpatient
• Coverage: Scheduled clinical hours + call
• Commitment: Approximately 2 weeks per month
• Weekday Schedule: Monday–Friday
• Guaranteed Hours: 8 hours per day
• Overtime: Applies beginning with the 9th worked hour per day
• Weeknight Call: Beeper call
• Weekend Call: 24-hour beeper call
• Call Response Time: 20 minutes
• Phone Consults: Required
• Patient Volume: Approximately 7 patients per shift
• Trauma Level: Level III
• Rounding: Required
• APP Supervision: Required
• Resident/Teaching Supervision: Not required
• EMR: Epic
• Credentialing: Approximately 90 days
• Temporary Privileges: Not available
• Multiple Providers: No; facility does not intend to divide the request among multiple providers