Anesthesia Medical Director (72898)

As the Medical Director of Anesthesia, your emphasis will be on building a fully functional and ubiquitous presence of Anesthesia services for Onslow Memorial Hospital in conjunction with the Chief CRNA. These services will provide safe, efficient, resource conscious qualities, culminating in exemplary patient care. 

To that end, the Medical Director will be expected to organize and/or participate in activities and programs which will enhance the goals and mission of the Onslow Memorial Hospital system. Furthermore, they will be expected to encourage clinical staff to maintain the same standards. Leadership expectations broadly include guiding and directing a quality Anesthesia program. These are not limited to, but, include the following:

• Recruitment and retention of full-time quality-based physicians and advanced practice providers
• Ensuring provision of 24/7 presence of anesthesia services continually
  1. Responsibility for staffing and scheduling is vested in the Chief CRNA
• Acquisition and maintenance of needed equipment for Anesthesia in coordination with the Chief CRNA
• Participation in committees salient to Anesthesia and the Mission of Onslow Memorial Hospital (OMH)
• Collaboration with the Chair of Surgery and other specialties to enhance growth and development of programs.
• Interface and work with senior management and administration as well as liaisons of clinical departments to further improve patient care experiences
• Encouraging anesthesia staff to participate in committee meetings and functions
• Development and/or proctoring of evidence based clinical pathways and protocols.
• Establishment of new/existing guidelines appropriate for OMH and/or introduction of latest guidelines developed by professional clinical societies.
• Monitor for efficient care and resource utilization.
• Evaluate, and where necessary, assist with implementation of new technology in the surgical services
• Close collaboration with Nurse Director of Surgical Services
• Collaboration with advance practice providers
• Participation in external and OMH marketing activities to promote the mission of Anesthesia and the OMH system.
• Education of clinicians.
• As needed presentations to the OMH board and medical staff meetings
• Participation in Medical Executive Meetings as needed
• Clinical duties as outlined below with supervision and refinement of clinicians under the same requirements
• Role model and holds employees accountable for the Code of Conduct.
• Ensures regulatory and organizational compliance in an ethical workplace.
• Demonstrates effective time management, ability to manage multiple projects and meets identified deadlines.
• Promotes trusts and employee engagement through effective and timely communication strategies.

Clinical Responsibilities

• The Anesthesiologist must be clinically competent in providing anesthesia care, maintaining ASA standards.
• The Anesthesiologist must follow the Anesthesia Department policies.
• Ensure safe conduct of general, LMAC and regional anesthesia by the Anesthesia department.
• Assist with pre-anesthesia evaluations of the patients, and provide consultation in any post operatively anesthesia related problems.
• Write Anesthesia consults, according to the Medical Staff By-Laws concerning consultation.
• Provide on-the-job consultation as needed for the CRNAs during daily operating room schedule.
• Provide competent consultation of anesthetized patients for the CRNAs after the daily operating room schedule is closed, and be available immediately when consultation needed in OR and PACU.
• Provide the hospital with an up-to-date record of all seminars and meetings attended.
• Monitor and assist in the Quality Assurance program for the Anesthesia Department.  This includes monitoring the quality and appropriateness of anesthesia care rendered by the Anesthesia department, and that appropriate action based on findings is taken.  This also includes the quality and appropriateness of anesthesia care provided by individuals in the Obstetrical, Emergency, Ambulatory Care, and Endoscopy units and Special Procedures.
• Assist the Chairman and Chief CRNA in making recommendation to the Administration and medical staff the type and amount of equipment necessary for administering anesthesia and for related resuscitation efforts with an annual review that such equipment is available.
• Assist the Chairman and Chief CRNA in the Development and maintaining regulations for anesthetic safety.
• Assist Chairman and Chief CRNA in establishing and maintaining a program of continuing education for all individuals who have clinical privileges in anesthesia and be based in part on the results of the evaluation of anesthesia care.  This program includes in-service training.  The extent of the program is related to the scope and complexity of anesthesia services rendered.
• Participate in the development of policies relating to the departments anesthesia providers and the administration of anesthesia.  When pertinent, provide consultation in the management of problems of acute and chronic respiratory insufficiency as well as in a variety of other diagnostic and therapeutic measures related to patient care.

Education:

• Medical School Graduate (MD/DO)