Staff Physician (Anesthesiology-Chronic Pain Management) - Rec/Relocation Incentive/EDRP Authorized

Job Title

The Anesthesiologist will be responsible of evaluating the physical of Veteran patients to include preoperative evaluation, preparing treatment plans, administration of parenteral fluids, medications, & blood products, application of specific methods of respiratory therapy, application of restraints, arterial blood gas sampling, bronchoscopy, clinical management of the patient unconscious from whatever cause, clinical management of various fluid electrolyte & metabolic disturbances, ECG interpretation, endotracheal intubation, cultures, femoral puncture, interpretation of pulmonary function tests, intravenous catheterization (peripheral and central), local and topical anesthesia, management of problems in multiorgan resuscitation including cardiac & respiratory, management of problems in pain relief, management of procedures for rendering patient insensible to pain & emotional stress during surgical, obstetrical & certain medical procedures, nerve blocks with and without ultrasound guided assistance, support of life functions under the stress of anesthetic & surgical manipulations, pulmonary artery catheterization, temporary pacemaker placement, ultrasound-guided catheter placement, and insertion of trans-esophageal echocardiography probe. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Admitting
• cryotherapy neuroablation
• diagnostic peripheral nerve blocks
• discography
• epidural catheter implant
• epidural steroid injections
• facet blocks
• history & physicals
• intra-articular joint injections
• intrathecal/epidural/peripheral neurolysis
• radio frequency neuroablation
• sympathetic nerve blocks
• therapeutic nerve blocks including and celiac plexus blocks
• Acupuncture
• Fluoroscopic imaging (for those procedures otherwise credentialed)
• Intrathecal pump implant (Opioid/Baclofen)
• Spinal Cord Stimulator (trail/implant)
• Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, etc.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

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: TBD (Typically: M-F, 0700-1530 CST)

Telework: Not Available

Remote: This is not a remote position