Physician (Fee Basis) Anesthesiologist

Anesthesiologists are fully licensed independent practitioners who provide perioperative medical care, anesthesia, pain management, and critical care services. They practice within the scope of their privileges as approved by the Medical Staff and Executive Committee of the Medical Staff (ECMS).Serves as a fee basis anesthesiologist within the Martinsburg VA Medical Center performing direct medical care in their specialty. The incumbent must be Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesia and have authoritative intensive knowledge in the area of Anesthesia.

An anesthesiologist may perform the following functions independently unless otherwise specified:

• Preoperative Assessment & Optimization
  • Conduct comprehensive patient evaluations for anesthesia risk.
  • Order and interpret laboratory, imaging, and diagnostic studies related to anesthetic management.
  • Obtain informed consent.
• Anesthesia Administration
  • Provide general, regional, neuraxial, monitored anesthesia care (MAC), and sedation.
  • Administer intravenous, inhalational, and adjunct anesthetic agents.
  • Manage the airway, including intubation and advanced airway devices.
• Intraoperative Management
  • Monitor physiologic parameters and adjust anesthetic depth accordingly.
  • Direct and supervise Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), anesthesia residents, and students.
  • Perform invasive monitoring (arterial line, central venous, pulmonary artery catheter).
  • Manage intraoperative fluid, electrolyte, and blood product therapy.
• Post-Anesthesia Care
  • Provide post-anesthesia care in PACU/ICU settings.
  • Manage postoperative pain (epidural, peripheral nerve blocks, PCA, multimodal analgesia.
  • Address complications related to anesthesia.
• Critical Care & Emergency Management
  • Provide advanced cardiac life support (ACLS).
  • Lead resuscitative efforts during perioperative emergencies.
  • Manage ventilatory and hemodynamic support in critically ill patients.
• Pain Management
  • Perform acute and chronic pain evaluations.
  • Administer pharmacologic, interventional, and regional pain therapies.
• Outside OR Anesthesia
  • Provide anesthesia in procedural suites (endoscopy, interventional radiology, cardiac cath lab, etc.).
  • Provide sedation and anesthesia for imaging and minor surgical procedure

• 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.

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.