Physician - Anesthesiology - Full Time 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.

US Department of Veterans Affairs