Physician (Anesthesiologist-Cardiac)

Job Title

Physician

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Administration of general anesthesia (inhalation and intravenous) including invasive monitoring
• Administration of regional anesthesia including: spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks
• Placement of venous catheters
• Placement of arterial catheters and interpretation of arterial pressures and waveforms
• Placement of pulmonary artery catheters and interpretation of pressures/wave forms
• Airway management including cricothyroidotomy
• Management of ventilator dependent patients and on lung ventilation
• Assessing, consulting and preparing patients for anesthesia
• Managing patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic surgery procedures including open heart surgery-on and off pump, valve replacement, laser lead removal, ventricular assist device and intra aortic balloon device
• Assisting with creation of policies and standard operation procedures for safe operations of the operating room

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, hours are based on needs of the service