• The Surgical Service of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center is recruiting for a staff Anesthesiologist.
• EDRP, a medical school loan reimbursement program, is approved for this opportunity!!
• Sign-on bonus authorized
• Office Hours: 8 - 4:30 pm, Monday -Friday
• A four 10-hour shift schedule is forthcoming

Discover your new home in Johnson City, TN.

• #1 city in the South to move to – USA Today ‘24
• Johnson City offers an exceptional quality of life with a perfect blend of small-town charm and modern amenities.
• Northeast Tennessee is a great place to live. Surrounded by beautiful mountains, rivers, and lakes, Johnson City offers a perfect balance of nature and city. Whether you look to the outdoors for recreation or you prefer cultural experiences, dining, or shopping, Johnson City and the region have something to offer. Johnson City and the surrounding counties have excellent schools.
• Tennessee has NO state income tax, and our cost of living remains below the national average.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Administration of general anesthesia (inhalation and intravenous), including invasive monitoring.
• Administration of regional anesthesia, including spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks.
• Placement of arterial catheters and interpretation of arterial pressures and wave forms.
• Placement of pulmonary artery catheters and interpretation of pressures/wave forms
• Management of ventilator-dependent patients and one lung ventilation.
• Supervision of CRNA staff, physician residents, and medical students in the comprehensive medical management of patient care.
• Expertise in the following anesthesia core requirements: assessing, consulting, and preparing patients for anesthesia; rendering patients insensible to pain during surgical, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures.
• Monitoring and restoring homeostasis in perioperative and critically ill patients, diagnosing and treating painful syndromes.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing with a diverse group of professional staff and management officials.
• This is a partial list of primary duties please contact James Pryan for the full list and qualifications at james.pryan@va.gov or call/text my  cell at 785-221-0838

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About Mountain Home VAMC

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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