Anesthesiologist Opportunity - Come join us at the Hampton VA Medical Center!
Washington, Washington DC, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Anesthesiology
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital
Location 23667, Hampton, Virginia, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 1/03/25

Are you an anesthesiologist who enjoys coastal life? Come work at the Hampton Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center while caring for our nation's veterans. Our physician must be Board Certified/ACLS/BLS required (or will be - for residents) and provide clinical support in an inpatient/outpatient (mostly ambulatory outpatient) setting. Residents should be within one year of graduation. On average, there will 10-12 procedures per day.

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Hampton is a coastal Virginia community with fun things to do and see. Located in the middle of the Hampton Roads region, about 134,510 people live in the city of Hampton. Moving to Hampton means coming to a city surrounded by beautiful waters, amazing restaurants, and historic discoveries. Located just a short drive away from major interstates, you can get away quickly for long weekends and explore nearby cities and attractions like Richmond, Historic Williamsburg, Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and Norfolk.


Job Responsibilities

• Staff Anesthesiologist is responsible administratively to Chief, Surgical Service, for assuring the most effective delivery of care in the perioperative setting while meeting or exceeding compliance standards. Staff Anesthesiologist reports to the Chief Anesthesiologist for clinical duties including daily work assignments, clinics, and call schedules.
• Follows the administrative components of patient care management as noted in facility by-laws and policies.
• Supervises CRNAs: a. Per VHA Directive 1123, the team leader should be the professional with the most advanced training. The team leader will provide guidance, instruction, direction, and leadership to ensure optimal perioperative patient care. The team leader will always take into consideration the input and opinions of the other team members in decision making. b. Supervision of CRNAs, who function with scope of practice. This includes during regular tour of duty, and during after-hours (after tour of duty, weekends, holidays). VHA Directive 1123.
• Performs on-call duties. Works with anesthesiologists to create fair and equitable call schedule.
• Performs appropriate preoperative evaluations of patients.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the Medical Center to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation, and management.
• Participates in Anesthesia team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
• Orders diagnostic tests and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
• Ensures that the practice of medicine is consistent is consistent with Joint Commission, CARF, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice psychiatric guidelines, VISN standards, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing medical education, and HIPPA policies.

Working Hours

M-F, 7am-3:30pm or 8am-5pm

Skills

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): available to highly qualified candidates.
An Education Debt Reduction program of up to $200K over 5 years is available.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
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 year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restrictions on moonlighting
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. 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 complete review of the EDRP application.
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