Anesthesiologist VA Pacific Northwest

Seeking Staff Anesthesiologist for Excellent VA Opportunity in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest – Portland, Oregon Position Information

The VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) in Portland OR is actively recruiting to fill a Board Certified Staff Anesthesiologist Physician (BE considered) to help care for our Veterans American s Heroes. Selected candidate will be considered for a faculty appointment at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and will be involved with education & training of anesthesiology residents plus medical students, SRNAs, and other trainees.

VAPORHCS, located in Portland, OR, is a level 1a highly complex VA hospital and is part of VA Pacific Northwest Network (VISN
20), comprised of eight health care systems and 46 community clinics serving 1 million veterans in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon & Washington.

You are invited to consider joining the team at VAPORHCS and our academic affiliate, Oregon Health & Sciences University, providing care for the world's best patients while also providing training and mentorship for fellows, residents, and students. You should be board certified/eligible in anesthesiology and a US citizen with current US licensure (any state) with no history of revocations or suspension.

Permanent Residents may be considered if no US citizen is selected.

VAPORHCS is a major teaching and research site closely affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). VAPORHCS hosts about 2,000 health professions learners annually and ranks in the top 10 nationwide among VAs in research grant support, with over 170 investigators in basic science, clinical, and health services research and over 1,000 active protocols.

The anesthesiology service provides patient centered, state of the art anesthesiology services for the VAPORHCS at the VA Portland hospital campus. VAPORHCS provides a full continuum of inpatient, outpatient, long-term, and emergent care, serving over 100K veterans per year. Recognized as a Magnet Facility, VAPORHCS is a 1A complex facility with tertiary care referrals and is also a liver and renal transplant center serving veterans across the western United States.

The anesthesiology service provides care to veterans undergoing a wide range of surgical and non-surgical procedures; the case mix for generalists includes general surgery, urology, orthopedics, vascular surgery, otolaryngology, podiatry, dental, gynecology, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, ophthalmology, plastics, transplant, plus non-OR anesthesiology support for electroconvulsive therapy, interventional pulmonology, gastroenterology, electrophysiology, general cardiology and interventional radiology. Cardiac surgery cases are reserved for those with cardiac anesthesia fellowship training or a significant amount of prior experience in practice, including perioperative TEE certification.

Given our patient population, we do not have any obstetrics, pediatrics, or trauma eralists should be facile with line placement and regional anesthesiology procedures as well as with the management of medically complex patients undergoing a wide variety of procedures.

The ideal candidate must be strongly motivated to provide the highest level of clinical care for veteran and world-class education and training for trainees and students. Candidates should be committed to professional enrichment, merit promotion, equal employment opportunity, and positive labor relations. An OHSU academic appointment will be commensurate with experience.

Full-time, Monday-Friday plus night/weekend/holiday home call. Anesthesiology service is on 5/4/9 schedule with one weekday guaranteed off per 2-week pay period. Guaranteed post-call day following first call assignment.

• Must be U.S. Citizen
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in the U.S.
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Anesthesiology

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