Duties

"The Duties of the Anesthesiologist are as follows, but not limited to: Provide comprehensive Anesthesia services as well as follow-up care of existing conditions and management of emergency conditions.
Provide peri-operative care including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anesthetic administration, and monitoring of post-anesthesia care in compliance with national accreditation standards; participates in Ward/ICU/Hospital rounds for surgical patients and other relevant activities.
Provide expert consultation and guidance to CRNA, Nursing, and other medical staff in the administration of the Anesthesia programs.
Involved with clinical care, bedside, and didactic teaching of residents, in consultation and collaboration with a wide variety of surgeons and other specialists; educating Residents and Students in the principles and therapy of basic and complex Anesthesia cases; including lecture.
Documents services through appropriate notes, such as History and Physical and Anesthesia Consultation notes.
Provide Morbidity and Mortality information and documentation as needed.
Fosters a high level of patient and staff satisfaction.
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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 restriction on moonlighting.
Work Schedule: Full Time.
Work Schedule to be Discussed during Interview.
This position will be posted via two announcements for two different occupational series which can be considered to fill this vacancy.
Qualified applicants from both announcements will be referred to the service for consideration but only one of the announcements will result in an applicant filling the position.
The other job announcement for this vacancy is: Certified Nurse Anesthetist under vacancy CBTD-12432001-24-CK.
This is an open continuous announcement to close by September 23, 2024, or when a selection has been made, whichever comes sooner.
Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service.
THIS OPEN & CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT (OCA) ESTABLISHES A STANDING REGISTER OF ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, which closes on September 23, 2024.
The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be June 20, 2024 with subsequent reviews every other week as additional vacancies occur, or on an as-needed basis, until positions are filled.
Please see the ""What To Expect Next"" area of the announcement which provides additional information on the referral process for this type of announcement.
This position is eligible for coverage by a Bargaining Unit, but is not currently represented."