Anesthesiologist

The Veterans Health Administration

is seeking a dedicated Anesthesiologist to join their team in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. This role involves comprehensive patient care across surgery, inpatient, and outpatient settings, including participation in a call rotation. The successful candidate will contribute to a large integrated healthcare system, providing vital services to Veterans.

Practice Info

• Work as an Anesthesiologist in all aspects of patient care including surgery and inpatient/outpatient care, as well as a call rotation.
• Accepting inpatient and outpatient consults from Primary Care and other Specialty clinic providers.
• The Anesthesiologist is accountable to the Chief of Anesthesia.

Responsibilities

• Appropriately document own interventions and review appropriate health team documentation of patient treatment plans.
• Involve the primary care provider when indicated to treat changes in the patient's condition.
• Recognize complex situations that impact patient care and intervene, using sound judgment, professional attitude and appropriate channels.
• Maintain current knowledge of trends in professional issues.
• Use professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and activities.
• Develop and lead interdisciplinary teams to improve organizational performance.
• Recognize impediments to health care delivery and use problem-solving/performance improvement approaches to improve outcomes.
• Establish objective and measurable goals that are appropriate for case load size based on patient population and diagnoses.

Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Regular salary increases
• Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement for CME (must be full-time with board certification)

Benefits

• 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)
• Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• 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
• Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Shift & Schedule

Will be discussed during the interview.

Requirements

• Label: United States Citizenship.
• Label: Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Label: 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.
• Label: Completion of residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Label: Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Label: Meet all educational requirements for an Anesthesiologist for Federal employment and credentialing.
• Label: Board Certification in Anesthesiology is required (American Board of Anesthesiology certification or status as a Candidate in the ABA Examination System (i.e., Board Eligible)).
• Label: No visa sponsorship available.