Physician - Chief Of Anesthesiology

This is an open continuous announcement. This announcement will be reviewed bi-weekly first review June 21, 2021.

Relocation Expenses/Recruitment Incentives may be authorized for highly qualified individuals.
Permanent Change Station(PCS) expenses are not authorized.

The overall responsibilities of the Chief, Anesthesiology include, but are not limited to the following:

Maintains involvement in all aspects of pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative anesthesia care.
Provides anesthesiology care to complex surgical patients/
Coordinates operating room schedule, facilitating the daily surgery schedule, active involvement with administering anesthesia.
Provides oversight of staff that include Anesthesiologists, CRNAs, Nurse Practitioners and Anesthesia Technologists.
Oversees the clinical aspects of the Anesthesia Service.
Collaborates closely with the Chief of Surgery, Lead CRNA, OR Nurse Director and Perioperative Nurse Director to form the senior management team responsible for all operations of the operating room and out of OR anesthetizing locations.
Ensures local policy and planning development, timely budget formulation, high quality and efficient clinical performance, and management of professional staff matters.
Emphasizes safety and quality, access, and efficiency of care delivery. Participates in High Reliability Organization activities.
Possesses leadership skills sufficient to provide direction for single and complex programs in the delivery of care.
Assists in the recruitment of certified, licensed professional staff who are graduates of approved medical schools.
Provides administrative and medical guidance to clinical service staff to provide outstanding care to eligible Veterans.
Maintains an active role as a member of the facility strategic management team in defining the medical centers mission and goals, and in establishing short and long range plans.
Ensures that appropriate systems to review, analyze, and evaluate care activities are established and maintained; and that corrective actions are initiated and carried as needed.
Monitors and ensures medical staff compliance with agency regulations, medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, medical center policies, pertinent Joint Commission standards, and other appropriate regulations.
Assists services in meeting VA Performance Measures and other performance metrics.
Develops and monitor quality improvement measures for process improvement.
Supervises a staff of employees to include administrative and personnel management functions.
Provides leadership in the development of policies and strategies that support the health care system to successfully manage bioethical issues and protect patient and family rights.
Ensures the quality and timeliness of the services provided and maintain customer satisfaction
Ensures appropriate use of available resources and is responsible for inspiring, motivating, and guiding Anesthesiology Service staff in achieving the strategic goals and plans of the service.
Collaborates with other Service Chiefs and program managers in fulfilling their responsibilities.
Ensures lines of communication are open to all employees under his/her area of responsibility.
Participates in the development of education programs and staff development models to facilitate career progression and to increase productivity and performance.
Fosters a climate for practice that enhances job satisfaction through mutual responsibility for productivity and quality improvement.
Collaborates in the establishment of and supports a system for recognition of accomplishments and achievements by employees.
Provides leadership for and demonstrates safe work practices in compliance with safety rules and regulations. Implements appropriate disciplinary actions when infractions are committed against safe work practices.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 49-54 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 10 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
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Designated and/or random drug testing required
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Subject to a background/security investigation
Must be proficient in written and spoken English
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Must pass pre-employment physical examination

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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.
Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
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. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred Experience: Candidates should be board certified in Anesthesia

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting (15-44 pounds), light lifting (under 15 pounds), moderate carrying (15-44 pounds), light carrying (under 15 pounds), pushing 4 hours, reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking 2 hours, standing 8 hours, near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, hearing (aid permitted), mental and emotional stability.