Anesthesiologist
Apply NowCompany: Posterity Group LLC
Location: Augusta, ME 04330
Description:
Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the Togus VAMC for Anesthesiologists , in specific areas like - Endoscopy, Orthopedics, Eyes, ENT, Urology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology. The Anesthesiologist is expected to perform the following:
- Responsibilities include providing patient care in the Pre-Op Anesthesia Clinic setting, the Operating Room, in PACU, the inpatient setting including consultation to the Intensive Care Unit, and the Pain Clinic as assigned.
- Provides anesthesia services including the administration of anesthetic agents as specified in his/her clinical privileges.
- Incumbent may be expected to take call as directed by the Chief of Anesthesia Service Line.
- Anesthesia providers are expected to be ACLS certified.
- Anesthesia providers are responsible for providing the patient with risks, benefits and alternative treatments and securing the informed consent of the patient/family needed before conducting invasive procedures.
- Evaluates the patient to assess any changes in the physical status, lab values and vital signs of the patient prior to surgery. Appropriate notes are written in the patient's medical record in an accurate and timely manner.
- Anesthesia providers provide inpatient and outpatient consultations and pre- operative patient and Operating Room evaluations.
- May be asked to participate in various hospital committees, department and hospital in-service programs and acquire CME's as required.
- Must work effectively with patients, families, co-workers, and other health care professionals.
- Anesthesia providers provide patient care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient. He/she must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served within the institution. The Anesthesia provider must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon age-related factors as specified on the competence assessment checklist.
- The anesthesia provider is expected to use the best available procedures and perform them at or above national statistical levels.
Requirements
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:
Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]
Salary Description
$350,000 - $400,000
- Responsibilities include providing patient care in the Pre-Op Anesthesia Clinic setting, the Operating Room, in PACU, the inpatient setting including consultation to the Intensive Care Unit, and the Pain Clinic as assigned.
- Provides anesthesia services including the administration of anesthetic agents as specified in his/her clinical privileges.
- Incumbent may be expected to take call as directed by the Chief of Anesthesia Service Line.
- Anesthesia providers are expected to be ACLS certified.
- Anesthesia providers are responsible for providing the patient with risks, benefits and alternative treatments and securing the informed consent of the patient/family needed before conducting invasive procedures.
- Evaluates the patient to assess any changes in the physical status, lab values and vital signs of the patient prior to surgery. Appropriate notes are written in the patient's medical record in an accurate and timely manner.
- Anesthesia providers provide inpatient and outpatient consultations and pre- operative patient and Operating Room evaluations.
- May be asked to participate in various hospital committees, department and hospital in-service programs and acquire CME's as required.
- Must work effectively with patients, families, co-workers, and other health care professionals.
- Anesthesia providers provide patient care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient. He/she must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served within the institution. The Anesthesia provider must demonstrate the knowledge of the changes associated with aging and possess the ability to provide care based upon age-related factors as specified on the competence assessment checklist.
- The anesthesia provider is expected to use the best available procedures and perform them at or above national statistical levels.
Requirements
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:
Salary Description
$350,000 - $400,000