Locum Tenens Anesthesiology Job in Pennsylvania

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Anesthesiology
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: No
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: Immediately

Anesthesiologist

Our client in the Lebanon Metro Area is currently looking for 2 full-time locums Anesthesiologist to join their facility. One Anesthesiologist will provide Pain Management procedures while the other Anesthesiologist will provide full Anesthesia Services in OR/Clinic.

Requirements:

• Board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.
• Any US license

Shift Details: Monday – Friday (7:00AM – 3:30PM)

Responsibilities:

• Contract physician(s) (as appropriate and within scope of practice/privileging) shall be responsible for providing Anesthesiology care, including, but not limited to :
  • Clinic and Surgical Care: Provide clinical Anesthesiology services. Be present on time for any scheduled clinics/surgeries as documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time.
    • Operative Services: Provide comprehensive clinical anesthesiology services including patients undergoing general surgery, orthopedic, including joint replacement, plastic, ENT, urologic, podiatric, minor vascular, dental/oral and ophthalmologic operations.
    • Provide clinical care of patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures electrophysiology, gastrointestinal and radiological suites.
    • Provide primary coverage for all patients in the surgical intensive care, short stay unit, acute and chronic pain management services (procedures listed below), diagnostic trans esophageal echocardiography for medical and surgical patients, and emergency airway management.
      • Occipital Nerve Block
      • Brachial Plexus Block
      • Axillary Nerve Block – Single/Multiple
      • Ilioninguinal/Iliohypogastric
      • Cervical/thoracic-single level and additional levels
      • Lumbar Sympathetic Block
      • Trigger point injection
      • Costochondrial joint injection
      • Sacroiliac Injection
      • CESI Inject Spine C/T
      • LESI Inject Spine L/S (CD)
      • Caudal epidural steroid
      • Continuous epi cath insert-cervical/thoracic
      • Continuous epi cath insert – lumbar/sacral
      • Post occipital nerve block
      • Intercostal nerve block-single/multiple
      • Inguinal nerve block
      • Diagnostic block-other peripheral nerve
      • Coccyx inj-other peripheral nerve
      • Neuroma inj-plantar/common digital
      • Facet joint injection – multiple levels
      • Facet joint injection – lumbar/sacral – multiple levels
      • Sub Q local anesh. & steroid
      • Therapeutic peripheral nerve blocks
      • Neuroma (non-plantar) injection
      • Celiac Plexus Block
      • Botox for spasm
      • Botox for migraines
    • Provide consultative services at the patient’s bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and in the clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient clinic.
  • Medications: Contractor physician(s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.
  • Discharge education: Contractor physician(s) shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Anesthesiology clinical or surgical patients.
• ADMINISTRATIVE: 5% of time not involved in direct patient care.
  • Quality Improvement Meetings: Participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the client’s Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee.
    • Surgical Case Committee – monthly – 1.5 hrs
    • Morbidity and Mortality Conf. – monthly – 1.5 hrs.
  • Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings as required by the client’s Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee. Contractor to communicate with COR on this requirement and report any conflicts that may interfere with compliance with this requirement.
    • Anesthesia Staff Meeting weekly – 1 hr.
  • Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Improvement (QI) documentation: Complete the appropriate Quality Management (QM)/Process Improvement (PI) documentation pertaining to all procedures, complications and outcome of examinations.
    • Dictate or keyboard for entry into the electronic medical record a patient’s chief complaints, observations and findings, assessment and plan/recommendations in a clear and understandable manner at the end of each patient encounter.
    • Electronically enter all doctor’s orders, consultation referrals, and requests for x-rays and lab work using CPRS.
    • Telephone significant positive reports, at the time identified, to the referring provider.
    • Informed Consent: Contract anesthesiologist shall explain procedure and risks/benefits to the patient/guardian and obtain informed consent from patient/guardian in accordance with client’s polices. Complete IMED consent in CPRS for documentation of informed consent discussion and electronically sign.
    • Immediately before starting any procedure, the anesthesiologist will accurately identify the patient and the procedure to be performed as per the relevant SOPs and MCMs and complete the “Anesthesia – Day of Surgery” evaluation in CPRS.
    • Encounter Forms: Properly complete the client’s electronic encounter form on each patient seen; listing diagnosis for the visit and all procedures performed based on the client’s current requirements along with identification of service-connection for treatment rendered.

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card

• Facility Type: Hospital
• Number of Hospital Beds:
• Number of ER Visits Per Year:
• Number of Deliveries Per Year: