Military / VA Anesthesiology: Pain Management Job in Anchorage, Alaska
This Pain Management Anesthesiology position in Anchorage, Alaska is a permanent role offered as a Military/VA arrangement. As federal employment, this structure typically means serving active-duty personnel, veterans, and their families, with compensation and benefits following federal schedules and malpractice coverage provided under federal protection. Physicians in these roles often find high schedule predictability, a mission-driven patient population, and freedom from the billing and administrative demands of private practice.
The position may be structured under Straight Employment or Contract, and the financial offering for this listing is noted as Open. There is no patient call rotation and no emergency department call associated with this role.
- Board certification required
- Open to MD and DO training backgrounds
- Open to American Medical Graduates and Foreign Medical Graduates
- U.S. citizenship required
- Suitable for recently trained, experienced, and very experienced physicians
This opportunity is available across a range of community sizes, from mid-sized cities to larger metropolitan areas, offering flexibility depending on your preferred setting.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Anesthesiology: Pain Management
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
MD/DO - Anesthesiologist - Pain Management
REQUIREMENTS (duties include but are not limited to)
- Provide routine and emergent anesthesia care for neonatal through geriatric patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classifications I - VI.
- Provide regional and/or general anesthesia care for the following subspecialties: general surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, cardiothoracic, vascular, adult dentistry, pediatric dentistry, otolaryngology, neurosurgery, urology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopedics, plastic surgery, podiatry, and dermatology.
- Provide resuscitative care during a cardiopulmonary arrest, and sedation or general anesthetic care at remote locations.
- Supervise care and/or supervise the simultaneous delivery of anesthesia care by certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs); administer anesthesia in lieu of CRNA to patients whose condition poses a particular anesthetic difficulty.
- Administer appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks in the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
- Oversee the activities of the recovery room and administer appropriate drug and respiratory therapy in the recovery room setting.
- Implement the proper use of mechanical ventilators in the recovery room, and as necessary, in the intensive care units.
- Provide consultation regarding preoperative preparation, intra and postoperative anesthetic management, and treatment of chronic pain patients.
- Consult with other members of the MTF medical and nursing staff to provide quality perioperative care.
- Document medical care in accordance with MTF regulations, Air Force Instructions (AFI), and the standards established by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
- Provide ongoing anesthesia care until relieved by a qualified anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist.
- Attend monthly Anesthesiology Department meetings (or Surgical Services Department meetings in the absence of an Anesthesiology Department), and quarterly MTF Medical/Dental Professional Staff meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have current board certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology.
- Must have and maintain a current license to practice in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA).
(Registered Profile Required)
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment, Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $448,096 - $737,564 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Alaska
- Practice City: Anchorage
- Community Size: 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
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