Physician (Regular Ft) Staff 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 staff 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 procedures.

Conditions of employment

• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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.