Physician-Anesthesiologist (Regional)

About the role

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 (1 to 5 years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Translates the principles of anesthesia practice into appropriate patient care.
• Performs the pre-anesthetic patient history and physical, including the collection of preoperative consults and data, performs a patient evaluation and examination from which an appropriate anesthetic plan is formulated.
• Communicates the anesthetic risks, benefits, and options to the patient. This is done in the perioperative setting or when stationed the Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic.
• Prepares the patient, operating room and/or procedural area for the administration of anesthesia.
• Administers inhalation, regional, intravenous, local, and topical anesthetics and continuously evaluates the patient's physical status and response to anesthesia.
• Performs post-anesthetic management of patients in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) in order to optimize the recovery from anesthesia and minimize pain. The PACU is medically directed by ACL.
• Ensures timely and accurate anesthetic record charting and anesthesia service documentation.
• Provides patient care that is abreast of changing concepts and advancements in the profession while working effectively in an interdisciplinary environment for improvement of services for patient care.
• Promotes cooperation and interdisciplinary teamwork by practicing with colleagues and peers utilizing a collaborative team concept of anesthesia care.
• Demonstrates skill in conducting and managing anesthesia for a broad range of surgical procedures and the ability to adapt and modify anesthesia techniques in order to optimize patient care.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform the clinical and technical aspects of anesthesia care and has in-depth knowledge of anesthesia methods and techniques.
• Provides consultations and assistance for acute and chronic pain problems, difficult invasive line placement, and airway or ventilation concerns.
• Effectively blends technology, skills, and competency for the advancement of anesthesia techniques, pharmacology, and equipment.
• Provides comprehensive regional anesthesia services, including the selection, performance, and management of peripheral/truncal nerve blocks, neuraxial anesthesia, and continuous catheter-based techniques.
• Demonstrates proficiency in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia to ensure accurate block placement, patient comfort, and reduced complication risk.
• Participates in the management of patients receiving regional analgesia and supports multimodal analgesia strategies in collaboration with perioperative surgical teams.
• Contributes to the Acute Pain Service (APS) by assisting with post procedure regional analgesia management, catheter troubleshooting, and optimization of pain control.
• Maintains current knowledge of advancements, safety guidelines, and evidence-based practices in regional anesthesia and integrates them into clinical care.
• Provides education, supervision, and hands-on training in regional anesthesia techniques for trainees.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• Staff Must will/have completed a Regional Anesthesia Fellowship by time of start of position.

Preferred Experience:

• Board eligible or board certification in Anesthesia.
• Fellowship trained or in current fellowship of regional/Acute pain anesthesia.
• Experience working with Trainees (Anesthesia residents and Student Nurse Anesthetists).
• Experience working in a collaborative team model of anesthesia care.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform the clinical and technical aspects of anesthesia care and has in-depth knowledge of anesthesia methods and techniques.
• Demonstrates the ability to share expertise within or beyond the facility through leadership or as an active participate in interdisciplinary groups (e.g., committees, task forces, projects, formal).