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Physician - Anesthesiologist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Minneapolis, MN · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$200/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties listed. Requirements? Qualifications. Benefits? There's a paragraph about VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package, then details: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive, EDRP, Pay, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Work Schedule. So we can have sections: Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (including pay, PTO etc). Also maybe "Pay" and "Schedule" as separate sections if content exists. The instruction: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content. So we can have Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However Benefits already includes many items; we could split Pay and Schedule separate to avoid thin sections? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Pay and Schedule into Benefits? But they said use headings like Pay, Schedule if content exists. Since we have specific content for Pay and Schedule, we could make separate sections. But that would be many sections. However they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Pay and Schedule each have specific content; they are not thin? Pay: "Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases". Schedule: "Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm". Those are somewhat thin but still specific. Could combine into Benefits section with subpoints? But they want headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Might be okay to have Benefits, Pay, Schedule as separate sections. However Benefits already includes many items; we could keep Benefits for the total rewards package (excluding pay and schedule). Then Pay and Schedule separate. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract: Location: Minneapolis VA Health Care System in Minneapolis - Minnesota. Could be included in a short paragraph maybe under About the role? But we don't have About the role section; we could include location in a short p under maybe a heading? Not required. Could just include location in a paragraph before sections? The instruction: Output ONLY the HTML fragment. We can include a

for location summary. But we must not invent headings. We can have a

for location. Now Duties: list of duties after "Duties -". We need to convert each bullet into

  • . The duties are a long sentence with hyphens. We'll split by hyphen? Actually each duty separated by hyphen and space? The text: "-Administer anesthesia to patients rendering them insensitive to pain during surgery/procedures -Provide continuous and vigilant monitoring of the patient's physical response to the anesthetic - sedatives - analgesics - and related anesthetic agents -Maintain excellence in endotracheal intubation and extubation - airway management - and be skilled in the usage of all various airway adjuncts-Make a reasonable anesthetic plan for patients with severe comorbidities perform all appropriate techniques of the anesthetic plan such as - but not limited to - insertion of intravenous lines - arterial lines - central lines - insertion of other invasive monitoring catheters - regional anesthesia - and TEE -Interpretation of arterial blood gases - EKG's and all relevant pre - intra - and postoperative laboratory results -Use precautions to minimize risks of infection to patients and other health care professionals -Perform pre-anesthetic evaluation of the patients -Develop and anesthetic plan and make the selection of anesthetic agents and techniques -Manage the anesthesia process to include induction - maintenance - and emergence from general - regional - monitored anesthesia cases - and satellite anesthesia care -Manage postoperative pain needs for any anesthetized patient -Recognize abnormal patient responses to and to initiate corrective measures -Determine the need for additional laboratory tests -Provide resuscitative care as necessary -Evaluate and manage the patient in the immediate post-operative period -Administer IV fluids relative to the patient's medical history and surgical procedure-Administer blood products and monitor for adverse responses -Appropriately document the patient status in the anesthesia record -Perform all required safety and performance checks on anesthesia-related equipment and verify the appropriate supplies before initiating care -Participate in surgical and regional time-outs -Maintain the appropriate confidentiality of patient information at all times -Hand-off appropriately with all individuals involved in the peri-operative and post-operative care -In a life-threatening emergency - function responsibly by providing anesthesia and resuscitative care -Maintain ACLS certification -Teach and evaluate residents and students -Work collaboratively with CRNAs -Assume responsibility and be accountable for controlled substances according to department and hospital policy - as well as state and federal guidelines -Maintain all required continuing education credits - credentialing - professional licensure -Utilize the EMR system appropriately -Participate in after-hours \"call\" as scheduled by the chief of the section -Be dependable - reliable - responsible in attendance - and in the fulfillment of obligations to patients - committees - co-workers - and during periods of \"call\" -Comport oneself professionally - congenially - collegially - and with an attitude of optimism" We need to split into separate duties. Could treat each phrase before a hyphen as a duty? But many hyphens inside descriptions. Better to treat each bullet starting with a capital verb after a hyphen and space? The pattern: "-Administer ... -Provide ... -Maintain ... -Make ... -Interpretation ... -Use ... -Perform ... -Develop ... -Manage ... -Manage ... -Recognize ... -Determine ... -Provide ... -Evaluate ... -Administer ... -Administer ... -Appropriately ... -Perform ... -Participate ... -Maintain ... -Hand-off ... -In a life-threatening emergency ... -Maintain ACLS certification ... -Teach ... -Work ... -Assume ... -Maintain ... -Utilize ... -Participate ... -Be ... -Comport ...". This is messy. Simplify: we can keep the duties as a single paragraph

    preserving the text. The instruction: Use

    • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we keep as paragraph, we might violate. But we could still make a list by splitting on " -" that is preceded by a space and hyphen and followed by a capital letter? Might be overkill. Given the instruction to preserve ALL substantive information, we could keep the duties as a paragraph; it's still preserving. The rule says use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we don't have a clear list, maybe it's okay to use

        . But the duties are clearly a list; we should attempt to make a list. We could split by " -" where the hyphen is preceded by a space and the next character is a capital letter (or the start of a new duty). Let's attempt manually to produce reasonable list items. I'll copy the duties text and split: 1. Administer anesthesia to patients rendering them insensitive to pain during surgery/procedures 2. Provide continuous and vigilant monitoring of the patient's physical response to the anesthetic - sedatives - analgesics - and related anesthetic agents 3. Maintain excellence in endotracheal intubation and extubation - airway management - and be skilled in the usage of all various airway adjuncts 4. Make a reasonable anesthetic plan for patients with severe comorbidities perform all appropriate techniques of the anesthetic plan such as - but not limited to - insertion of intravenous lines - arterial lines - central lines - insertion of other invasive monitoring catheters - regional anesthesia - and TEE 5. Interpretation of arterial blood gases - EKG's and all relevant pre - intra - and postoperative laboratory results 6. Use precautions to minimize risks of infection to patients and other health care professionals 7. Perform pre-anesthetic evaluation of the patients 8. Develop and anesthetic plan and make the selection of anesthetic agents and techniques 9. Manage the anesthesia process to include induction - maintenance - and emergence from general - regional - monitored anesthesia cases - and satellite anesthesia care 10. Manage postoperative pain needs for any anesthetized patient 11. Recognize abnormal patient responses to and to initiate corrective measures 12. Determine the need for additional laboratory tests 13. Provide resuscitative care as necessary 14. Evaluate and manage the patient in the immediate post-operative period 15. Administer IV fluids relative to the patient's medical history and surgical procedure 16. Administer blood products and monitor for adverse responses 17. Appropriately document the patient status in the anesthesia record 18. Perform all required safety and performance checks on anesthesia-related equipment and verify the appropriate supplies before initiating care 19. Participate in surgical and regional time-outs 20. Maintain the appropriate confidentiality of patient information at all times 21. Hand-off appropriately with all individuals involved in the peri-operative and post-operative care 22. In a life-threatening emergency - function responsibly by providing anesthesia and resuscitative care 23. Maintain ACLS certification 24. Teach and evaluate residents and students 25. Work collaboratively with CRNAs 26. Assume responsibility and be accountable for controlled substances according to department and hospital policy - as well as state and federal guidelines 27. Maintain all required continuing education credits - credentialing - professional licensure 28. Utilize the EMR system appropriately 29. Participate in after-hours "call" as scheduled by the chief of the section 30. Be dependable - reliable - responsible in attendance - and in the fulfillment of obligations to patients - committees - co-workers - and during periods of "call" 31. Comport oneself professionally - congenially - collegially - and with an attitude of optimism That seems reasonable. Now Requirements/Qualifications: The qualifications section includes basic requirements: US Citizenship, MD/DO degree from VA-approved school, current full unrestricted license, residency training (various pathways), proficiency in spoken and written English. Also note about currently employed physicians etc. We'll capture as list. We'll make a

        • for each requirement. Now Benefits: The paragraph after "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" includes many items: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus), EDRP Authorized, Pay, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Work Schedule. We'll split into Benefits section maybe includes all except Pay and Schedule which we will separate. But we could keep Benefits as list of those items except Pay and Schedule. Let's extract: - Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive is authorized for highly qualified candidates - EDRP Authorized: Position(s) listed under this Open Continuous Announcement (OCA) MAY be eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program - Applicants selected for an EDRP-eligible position will be notified in their conditional job offer - The selectee must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment - Program approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) - and 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 are ineligible to apply - 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
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