Physician, Anesthesia Chief with EDRP & Recruitment/Relocation Incentive

About the role

The Chief, Anesthesia is responsible for developing policies and guidelines relating to anesthesia and pain management, negotiating and coordinating with non-surgical specialty services for block time allocation, recommending privileges for anesthesiologists, CRNA's, and pain management providers, discussing anesthesia and pain management events, recommending equipment and resources, establishing and maintaining a program of continuing evaluation for staff, participating in continuing education, providing consultation regarding patient scheduling, coordinating with the Surgery Service Line and Nursing Service Line, overseeing OR Central Scheduling, and interfacing with surgical nurse coordinators.

Responsibilities

• Works with the Section Chiefs/supervisors to develop policies and guidelines relating to anesthesia and pain management and the administration of anesthesia and pain management.
• Chairs Committee with Surgical representative. Negotiates and coordinates with non-surgical specialty services for block time allocation.
• Recommend privileges for anesthesiologists, CRNA's and pain management providers.
• Discusses anesthesia and pain management events and document in SIPRC meetings.
• Recommend to the hospital administration and medical staff the types and amounts of equipment and resources that are needed for administering anesthesia and pain management.
• Develop anesthesia and pain management safety rules that follow regulations and standards regarding the safe administration of anesthetics and pain management therapies.
• Establish/maintain a program of continuing evaluation for staff CRNAs, anesthesiologists and pain management providers.
• Participates in the Medical Center's program of continuing education and VHA TMS training.
• Provides consultation regarding the scheduling of patients for surgery and pain management therapies relating to time and place or if a conflict in scheduling occurs.
• Coordinates with the Surgery Service Line and Nursing Service Line to ensure that staffing resources, space and equipment are appropriately allocated daily to maintain operating room functions and non-operating room procedural locations.
• Oversees OR Central Scheduling and interfaces with surgical nurse coordinators to ensure OR space and time are properly allocated daily.

Requirements

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• License: Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Skills

Board Certification in Anesthesiology is preferable.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, 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), 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), 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory, Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification), Free liability protection with tail coverage provided, No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.

Schedule

Regular salary increases.

Benefits

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

Reimbursement of up to $1,000 per year (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.