Anesthesiologist

Cooper Norcross University Hospital•Camden, NJ

91d•$183 - $286

About The Position

The Anesthesiologist administers or supervises anesthesia for procedures within their qualifications and is responsible for patients’ complete perioperative medical care, including intraoperative and postoperative care. The role includes providing general, regional, local, and monitored anesthesia care; maintaining patients’ physiologic homeostasis; and responding to abnormal patient responses to anesthesia or surgery. The Anesthesiologist assesses patients, reviews their records and diagnostic tests, develops appropriate anesthetic plans, and uses noninvasive and invasive modalities to monitor patient status. The position provides age-appropriate care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients; responds to emergencies; and contributes to clinical teaching for residents, medical students, nurse anesthetists, and other care providers. The physician is also expected to develop an area of research interest and comply with departmental policies and education requirements. The role requires effective communication, professional conduct, cooperation with the health care team, accurate anesthetic records, and adaptability to changes in assignments and work environment. The work involves standing and walking through most of the day, occasional prolonged sitting and bending or kneeling, and light-to-moderate lifting and pushing or pulling. The environment is generally good, with possible minimal exposure to anesthetic gases.

Requirements

Board eligible or board certified as a physician by the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Anesthesia Association.
Valid New Jersey medical, CDS, and DEA licenses.
Current BLS, ACLS, and/or PALS certifications.
Ability to provide care appropriate to neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Ability to stand and walk throughout most of the workday, with occasional prolonged sitting, reaching, stooping, bending, and kneeling.
Ability to lift light-to-moderate loads, position or transport patients, push and pull patient stretchers, and occasionally move medical equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Administer or supervise anesthesia for procedures within the physician’s qualifications.
Select, obtain, and administer anesthetics, adjuvant and accessory drugs, and fluids to manage anesthesia, maintain physiologic homeostasis, and correct abnormal responses to anesthesia or surgery.
Provide complete perioperative medical care, including intraoperative and postoperative care.
Provide general, regional, local, and monitored anesthesia care, including induction, maintenance, emergence, professional observation, and resuscitative care.
Provide age-appropriate care for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Teach residents, medical students, nurse anesthetists, and other care providers, particularly in airway management, pharmacology, and anesthetic physiology and indications.
Respond to emergencies with airway management and administration of emergency fluids and medications using basic or advanced cardiac life support protocols, and provide medical consultation when required.
Review patients’ charts, including history and physical, diagnostic testing, and current physical assessment.
Develop and implement an appropriate anesthetic plan based on patient assessment.
Select, apply, or insert appropriate noninvasive and invasive modalities for continuous evaluation of patients’ physical status.
Comply with departmental policies, procedures, and mandatory education requirements, including safety, infection control, attendance, and dress code.
Work on behalf of the department when requested, including off-hours emergency work.
Develop an area of research interest.
Cooperate with members of the health care team and support organizational goals and departmental changes.
Attend staff and other essential meetings or review minutes when unable to attend, and seek clarification as appropriate.
Maintain neat, timely, accurate, and legible anesthetic records.
Adapt to changes in work assignments, environment, systems, procedures, staffing, and job responsibilities.
Communicate professionally and demonstrate tact, sensitivity, and sound judgment in interactions with patients and coworkers.