Physician - Anesthesiologist

Veterans Health Administration • Seattle, WA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

VA Puget Sound is hiring an Attending Anesthesiologist. The position involves operating room anesthesia, preoperative evaluation, and perioperative management. Preferred candidates have subspecialty training in cardiac anesthesia and experience managing anesthesia for cardiac surgery, including current or impending TEE certification. Candidates with general OR anesthesia or Acute Pain Service/Regional Anesthesia backgrounds may also be considered. Fellowship training in cardiac anesthesia, critical care medicine, or acute pain/regional anesthesia may be valuable.

The position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), subject to program requirements and approval. The award may be up to $200,000, with an eligibility period of one to five years. Applicants must submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment; former EDRP participants are ineligible. Recruitment or relocation incentives are not authorized. The position has no Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

The average work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with occasional operating room work—once per month or less—at the American Lake campus in Lakewood, Washington. The role is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. Appointment requires, among other conditions, U.S. citizenship unless an exception applies, a full and unrestricted U.S. medical license, approved residency training or an applicable equivalent pathway, English proficiency, a background/security investigation, and a pre-employment physical evaluation.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from an appropriately approved or accredited institution.
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Completion of approved residency training in an accredited core specialty leading to board-certification eligibility, or an applicable alternative training and independent-practice pathway described in the announcement.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening, including a background/security investigation and physical evaluation; applicants selected for testing-designated positions are subject to urinalysis.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Compliance with Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Complete the online onboarding process and all application requirements detailed in the announcement.

Nice To Haves

• Subspecialty or fellowship training in cardiac anesthesia.
• Experience managing anesthesia for cardiac surgery.
• Current or impending TEE certification.
• General operating room anesthesia background.
• Acute Pain Service or regional anesthesia background.
• Fellowship training in critical care medicine or acute pain/regional anesthesia.
• Capability and experience with operating room anesthesia, preoperative evaluation, and perioperative management.

Responsibilities

• Provide operating room anesthesia.
• Conduct preoperative evaluations.
• Provide perioperative management.
• Manage anesthesia for cardiac surgery when qualified and assigned.
• Occasionally work in the operating room at the American Lake campus, once per month or less.

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), with a potential award of up to $200,000 for an approved period of one to five years, subject to eligibility and program approval.
• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
• 50–55 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, and possible five-day paid CME absence.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and federal 401(k), with up to 5% in VA contributions.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Possible $1,000 annual CME reimbursement for full-time physicians with board certification.
• Free liability protection with tail coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree