Physician - Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologist Position

The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) Anesthesia Service is seeking a full-time, highly talented Anesthesiologist to provide care for a wide variety of cases including general, neurosurgical, orthopedic, plastic, thoracic, and vascular surgery, as well as out-of-OR anesthesia for GI and EP procedures. Priority will be given to those with formal training in liver/kidney transplants and cardiac surgery. Responsibilities include:

• Initial evaluation and overall workups, and focused history and physicals of medical/surgical patients as needed, including evaluation of patients as part of our multidisciplinary pre-op clinic.
• Peri-operative anesthetic care to patients, including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anesthetic administration and monitoring, and post-anesthesia care in an anesthesia team model with CRNA and/or anesthesia residents. Rotating evening and weekend call coverage for urgent cases is considered a key responsibility.
• Expertise with a wide variety of anesthesia techniques and procedures (experience with breadth of anesthesia techniques), including regional and spinal anesthesia.
• For those with appropriate training/experience, provision of clinical anesthetic care to cardiothoracic and liver transplant surgical patients.
• Teaching of anesthesia residents, medical students, and student nurse anesthetists (clinical affiliation with Univ of Pittsburgh).
• Participation in quality/performance improvement initiatives, committees, and any other relevant activities as appropriate, including VASQIP.
• Opportunity for participation in clinical research for interested candidates.
• Ability to work effectively with patients and coworkers and dedication to treating other health care professionals and patients' families with respect and dignity.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) authorized. Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment) available. 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. Work Schedule: full-time, Monday-Friday 6:30am to 3:00pm. May be required to work evenings or weekends as a full-time physician.