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Section Chief, Anesthesia Section maintains professional, technical and administrative knowledge, competencies and skills to provide effective leadership and direction for the section and timely and quality responses to patients' clinical needs and problems.
- Patients seen and treated can range from 18 through the geriatric years. The section chief complies with credentialing and privileging and ensures the staff meets those requirements and all other monitoring and evaluation needs.
- The section chief maintains high clinical and ethical standards that are carried into decision-making processes and takes an active role in effective teaching of anesthesia students and accomplishing the Medical Center's and the Surgical Service's mission and goals.
- The section chief reviews all equipment needs for the section and prioritizes them for the Chief, Surgical Service.
- The section chief manages the level of staffing for the section, including the use of intermittent anesthesia staff, to maximize efficient use of resources while maintaining appropriate coverage for the Operating Room, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Pain/anesthesia Clinic.
- The section chief promotes constructive problem resolution in an environment of competing priorities and promotes the development of health care professionals through counseling, mentoring, teaching and encouraging self-assessment.
- The section chief complies with current standards for medical record documentation and trainee supervision and assumes accountability for professional and administrative activities within the section.
- The section chief provides service consisting of the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients in the Operating Room Suite, the PACU, and those consulted to the section on an inpatient and outpatient basis; provides and promotes high quality and effective care of its patients; supervises and teaches residents and students; and monitors and evaluates patient care through various quality improvement activities.
- Currently the anesthesia section is overseen by the Surgical Service. One goal of the new section chief will be to work towards becoming an independent department.
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Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): This position is eligible for the 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 your start date. 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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, the EDRP Coordinator for questions or assistance on how to begin the application process. Learn more.
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: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Compressed tour may be authorized)
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application, resume, Curriculum Vitae C.V., and/or other supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
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