General Anesthesiologist

Duties/Responsibilities

• Prepares and administers general and regional anesthetics and pain medication, adjusting as needed before, during, and after surgery and other procedures.
• Maintains patient records.
• Performs labor epidurals, as well as spinals for C-sections, in an efficient manner.
• Orders diagnostic tests as needed.
• Works closely with surgical specialists.
• Performs venous and arterial punctures.
• Performs pre-anesthesia patient evaluation.
• Provides and monitors mechanical ventilation.
• Communicate with patients, and their families and caregivers.
• React to adverse reactions and complications.
• Evaluates patient histories, lab results, and surgical plans to determine an appropriate anesthesia and pain management plan.
• Maintains patient fluid, blood, and electrolyte balance, and other vital signs and critical functions during the course of procedures.
• Performs tracheal intubation, airway management, and extubation.
• Maintains supervision of registered nurse anesthetists and other technical staff.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school.
• Board certification or eligibility (BC/BE) in anesthesiology.
• Strong regional skills, fellowship not required.
• NC state medical license.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent communication, bedside manner, and organizational skills are essential.
• A strong commitment to patient care and safety.
• A strong work ethic and ability to thrive in a team-oriented, performance-driven environment.

Benefits

• Competitive starting base salary w/ potential signing bonus
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Healthcare spending account, flexible spending account, dependent care spending account
• Excellent retirement plan including safe harbor and match
• Generous PTO package
• Paid malpractice and tail coverage
• Paid Life insurance for physician and eligible spouse/partner/dependents
• Paid Long term disability
• Voluntary Short-term disability
• CME allowance

Pay

Competitive starting base salary w/ potential signing bonus

Schedule

Monday through Friday, weekend call rotation (roughly 1 call weekend/month, weeknight call on average once every 2-3 weeks with protected pre/post call time off).