Summit Orthopedics Career Opportunities

Summit Overview:

Summit Orthopedics is committed to providing the highest level of care to every patient every day. If you’re interested in contributing your talent and skills to help us achieve this commitment to our patients, we’d love to hear from you!

For more than 25 years, Summit Orthopedics has been building a practice devoted to meeting the orthopedic needs of our patients. The team of medical professionals at Summit is specially trained to treat a wide range of conditions or injuries that occur in adolescence, middle age, and later adult years. We treat patients with problems that range from broken bones, or fractures, to more specific conditions that require highly specialized procedures and treatment.

Our History: Summit Orthopedics has a rich history in providing the highest level of care to the community. Summit formed as a result of several mergers that occurred:

* Associated Orthopedic Consultants (1981-1987)
* St. Paul Orthopedic Surgeons, PA (Pre-1980-1985)
* Summit Orthopedics (1986-1987)
* Summit Orthopedic Associates (Incorporated January 1, 1988)
* St. Paul Bone & Joint (Incorporated 1978)
* Landmark Orthopedics (Incorporated 1995)
* Summit/Landmark, Ltd. (Incorporated 1996)
* Summit Orthopedics, Ltd. (Established 2003)
* Metropolitan Hand Surgery Associates (Joined 2007)

Our Present: Summit Orthopedics prides itself on its continuous success in providing the highest level of care to the community. Summit has 35 physicians, over 400 employees, and 27 locations throughout the East Metro Area.

Our Future: Summit Orthopedics embraces change and growth to stay competitive in providing the highest level of care to the community. Summit is always interested in new markets, ancillaries, partnerships—anything to expand the focus on patient centered care.

Employee Benefits: Summit Orthopedics is committed to providing employees with competitive benefits. A brief overview of the benefits for which employees may be eligible follows.

Medical: Employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for health care coverage through PreferredOne. This coverage is effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for health care coverage.

Dental: All employees are eligible for dental coverage through Delta Dental. This coverage is effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

Term Life Insurance: Employees working 24 or more hours a week are eligible for this benefit the first of the month following 30 days of employment. There is no cost to the employee; Life and AD&D Insurance is paid for by Summit up to one times the employee’s annual salary (up to $50,000).

Long Term Disability Insurance: Employees working 24 or more hours a week are eligible for this benefit the first of the month following 30 days of employment. There is no cost to the employee; Long Term Disability Insurance is paid for by Summit. In case of a disability, the employee would receive 60 percent of their monthly salary up to $5,000 maximum for a maximum period of 24 months.

Supplemental Insurance (Voluntary Benefit): Employees working 20 or more hours a week are eligible to participate the first of the month following 30 days of employment.

PTO: Employees are eligible to accrue PTO if they are working 20 or more hours per week. PTO is an all purpose time off policy, combining traditional vacation and sick leave plans into one flexible plan.

Holidays: Employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for holiday pay. The following holidays are recognized by Summit:

* New Year’s Day
* Thanksgiving Day
* Memorial Day
* Christmas Day
* Independence Day
* Labor Day

Two additional holidays are designated each year, these dates are determined by Administration.

Health Care Spending and Dependant Care Accounts: Employees working 20 or more hours a week are eligible to participate in this benefit. Flexible (FSAs) allow you to pay for certain health, dental, or dependent care expenses you incur such as co-pays, prescriptions, or day care expenses on a pretax basis. Participants in the plan realize this benefit helps lower your taxable income.

Employee Assistance Program: Available for all employees and their family members, this plan is designed to help reach a caring and informed professional who is ready to assist with work, family, personal, legal, or financial problems. The EAP professional can help identify troubling issues, suggest coping skills, and discuss possible plans of action.

Education Fund: Summit encourages all staff to maintain their professional credentials and increase their knowledge in the field of health care. Education funds are available to all employees and reimbursement is based on your job classification.

Employee Recognition & Rewards: Summit Orthopedics is committed to providing you with a great place to work. Some of the ways we show our appreciation is to offer the following: * Education & Tuition Reimbursement * Free Parking * Lunch & Learns * Employee & Physician Lunches * Travel Protection * Denim Day Celebrations * Healthy Workplace Initiatives * Employee Parties * Employee of the Quarter Awards * Employee of the Year Awards * “Best Of” Awards * Employee Appreciation Day * Plus Much, Much More!