Pediatric Anesthesiology - Section Director - Beverly Anesthesiology

Cedars-Sinai•Los Angeles, CA

6d•$535,000 - $645,000•Onsite

About The Position

Cedars-Sinai, ranked highly by US News & World Report, is seeking a Pediatric Anesthesiologist to join Beverly Anesthesiology, Inc. as the Section Director for Pediatric Anesthesiology. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a large, state-of-the-art academic medical center dedicated to patient care, research, education, and community programs. The Director will oversee the day-to-day administrative, clinical, and operational aspects of the Pediatric Anesthesiology section, ensuring high-quality and safe pediatric perioperative care, improving OR efficiency, and coordinating care across pediatric surgical services. This role involves aligning section activities with departmental and institutional goals.

Requirements

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Responsibilities

Lead routine administrative and clinical functions for the Pediatric Anesthesiology section, including oversight of clinical services, quality and safety, patient experience, personnel, scheduling, and productivity.
Establish annual section goals aligned with departmental and institutional priorities; track progress, and report outcomes.
Oversee provider coverage, daily scheduling, and assignments to ensure timely responsiveness, continuity of care, and equitable workload distribution.
Recommend appropriate staffing levels and competencies based on pediatric patient volumes, acuity, age-specific needs, and case mix; support recruitment and retention efforts.
Serve as the point of contact for operational escalations and collaborate with pediatric surgical and procedural teams to resolve real-time issues.
Partner with interdisciplinary leadership to develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures guiding safe, high-quality pediatric anesthesia care across pre-op, intra-op, PACU, and non-OR anesthesia locations; communicate updates to anesthesia providers.
Standardize workflows, documentation, and equipment use where appropriate to reduce variation and enhance reliability.
Monitor quality and safety indicators; lead or participate in pediatric performance improvement initiatives with multidisciplinary teams.
Review safety event reports and patient grievances; work with Patient Relations and participate in root cause analyses (RCAs) for issues.
Ensure compliance with state and federal laws and accreditation standards (e.g., The Joint Commission), including licensure, credentialing, documentation, and quality assurance requirements.
Provide ongoing monitoring and feedback on professional performance for providers within the section; participate in FPPE/OPPE processes in collaboration with departmental leadership.
Recommend clinical privileges for section providers in partnership with departmental leadership and Medical Staff Services.
Support onboarding, coaching, and performance evaluations of anesthesia providers; contribute to succession planning for key roles.
Represent section interests in departmental and institutional meetings; present metrics and outcomes and drive transparency and accountability.
Provide Anesthesia Clinical Services.
Participates in teaching of house staff, fellows and students.
Participates in evaluation of the performance of fellows, residents, and students.
Participates in departmental and institutional committees in training, research and clinical process activities.
Participates in research activities.