Anesthesiologist (Locum Contract)

Job Description

Job Description

About the Role

We’re hiring board-certified or board-eligible anesthesiologists to care for Veterans at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center. The case mix is broad: general and specialty surgery, off-site procedural anesthesia, and critical care support. Daytime OR hours are predictable and call is taken from home. You can work full-time, part-time, or per diem.

This is a hands-on clinical role, with about 99% of your time spent on direct patient care.

Schedule

• Weekday OR coverage: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The OR runs about 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
• Home call: weeknights from 5:00 PM to 7:00 AM, weekends from Saturday 7:00 AM to Monday 7:00 AM, and federal holidays in 24-hour blocks.
• Call response: answer by phone within 15 minutes and be on site within 60 minutes. Call-back hours are paid at the call rate.
• Flexible scheduling: call is shared among the anesthesia team. Per diem and part-time providers can pick the shifts that fit their availability.
• End of day: if your cases finish before 3:30 PM, you check with the service chief for any additional assignments. If they finish after 3:30 PM, you go home and take call from there.

What You’ll Do

Pre-operative care

• Review your next-day case assignments the afternoon before.
• Evaluate each patient the morning of the procedure and complete the Immediate Anesthesia Note in CPRS.
• Arrive in the OR by the scheduled start time.

Operative anesthesia

• Provide comprehensive anesthesia for general surgery, orthopedics and total joints, major vascular, thoracic, neurosurgery, plastics, ENT, urology, ophthalmology, dental, gynecology, hand, and podiatry.
• Document every case in the electronic Anesthesia Record Keeper (ARK).
• Complete post-op notes in CPRS.

Procedural and off-site anesthesia

• Provide anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
• Cover the cardiac cath lab, electrophysiology, GI endoscopy, and interventional radiology suites.

Critical care and consult services

• Support the surgical ICU, the short-stay unit, and the acute pain management service.
• Perform diagnostic transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for medical and surgical patients.
• Provide emergency airway management throughout the hospital.
• See inpatient consults at the bedside and respond to e-consults.

Teaching and team

• Teach and supervise residents and other trainees according to VA supervision standards.
• Answer phone consults from VA residents and physicians while on duty or on call.
• Give patients discharge instructions and coordinate follow-up with the next care setting.

Quality and safety

• Take part in quality improvement activities and department staff meetings.
• Follow VA medication, infection control, and patient safety policies.
• Report patient safety events within 24 hours through the VA reporting system.
• Make sure test results are communicated to patients and providers according to VA policy.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited program.
• Board certified or board eligible through the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA).
• A current, full, and unrestricted medical license in any U.S. state, territory, or DC. Candidates with any past license restriction, suspension, revocation, or surrender, or a denied license application, can’t be considered.
• Current BLS and ACLS certification.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• A complete, verifiable education and training history, with any gaps explained.
• Ability to complete VA credentialing and privileging and a federal background check.
• Willingness to complete VA-required onboarding training and keep CME current.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a VA, military, or other federal facility.
• Experience with CPRS or VistA.
• Experience in academic or teaching settings.
• Comfort with TEE and regional anesthesia.

Work Environment

• A hospital operating room, procedure suites, and inpatient units.
• Requires standing for long periods and working in a sterile surgical setting.
• Requires living or staying within about 60 minutes of the medical center while on call.

Why Join Us

• You’ll care for Veterans who served our country.
• Daytime OR hours with call taken from home.
• Full-time, part-time, and per diem options.
• A varied case mix without a cardiac surgery load.
• Our team handles credentialing and onboarding.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.