Career Center

Summary

We provide Veterans with health care services at our Togus VA Medical Center in Augusta - one of our seven community-based outpatient clinics in Bangor - Calais - Caribou - Lewiston - Lincoln - Portland and Rumford or one of our two Access Clinics in Fort Kent and Houlton. Located in Augusta Maine - close to Portland and the Seacoast. Perfect place for all season activities - if you enjoy boating - winter skiing - fall walks and hiking. It is a beautiful place with many cultures and things to do.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
• rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Additional Requirement: Board eligible or Board Certified in Anesthesiology Preferred Experience: Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting (15-44lbs)
• Moderate carrying (15-44lbs)
• Reaching above shoulder
• Walking (1hr)
• Standing (1hr)
• Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4
• Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other
• Hearing (aid may be permitted)
• Emotional/mental stability
• Both hands required

Duties

• The Anesthesiology Department is looking for an two Anesthesiologist to work at the Togus VA Medical Center
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized for highly qualified applicants
• Relocation Incentive: Authorized for current VHA Physicians relocating greater than 50 miles
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): NA Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more
• EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact
• Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting The Anesthesia Service Line provides anesthesia services including all levels of sedation and other modalities of anesthesia to patients undergoing surgery and other invasive procedures - as well as interventional and consultative pain relief services
• Anesthesia Service Line may be comprised of Anesthesia Assistants (AA's -) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA's) and physician anesthesiologists (MD/DO.) Duties: - 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
• Work Schedule: : M-F - 0700-1730 Compressed tour with 1 day off