Physician - Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist Position

The Anesthesiologist's duties include pre-operative patient exam and assessment, intraoperative care utilizing MAC, regional and general anesthesia techniques on ASA class 1 through 6 patients, and post-operative care including ventilator management within recovery area and ICU. Duties require on-call or overnight coverage. The location of services includes all functional areas of the OR, PACU, ICU, ward, and out of-OR procedural settings such as Electrophysiology, Interventional Radiology, Cath Lab, Gastroenterology, and the Pain Clinic as assigned. The Richmond VA Medical Center is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, intermediate care, acute and sustaining spinal cord injury, skilled nursing home care, and palliative care. There are four community-based outpatient clinics located in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Emporia and Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and a strong affiliation with the Medical College of Virginia. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The Anesthesiologist will participate in all aspects of care of the Anesthetic patient to ensure the effective and safe delivery of anesthetic care throughout the hospital. The duties and responsibilities of the Anesthesiologists include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides the patient or the patient's representative with an explanation of risks, benefits and alternative treatments of the anesthetic, giving the patient an opportunity to ask questions, and obtaining informed consent of the patient before performing an anesthetic or invasive procedure.
• Evaluates the patient to assess the health status, physical exam, lab values, and vital signs of the patient prior to surgery and uses this information to determine optimization needs.
• Provides preoperative inpatient and outpatient consultations and Operating Room evaluations.
• Skills in all aspects of intraoperative anesthetic care utilizing MAC, regional and general anesthesia techniques on ASA class 1 through 6 patients, and will be proficient in peripheral, arterial, and central venous peripheral access.
• Expects to use the best available procedures and perform them at or above national statistical levels.
• Responsible for the post-operative care of the surgical patient in the PACU setting including ventilator management, hemodynamic support, and pain management in recovery area.
• Duties include on-call coverage as requested by the Chief of Anesthesiology, and the Anesthesiologist is expected to provide appropriate airway management to critically ill patients throughout the hospital.

Work Schedule: Varies on the schedules.