Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Intensivist

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state  CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.  While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

We are seeking a full-time Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Intensivist with interest and experience in advanced cardiovascular care to help launch our exciting new CVICU at our Virginia Mason Medical Center location in downtown Seattle. The CVICU Intensivist service will work collaboratively with our Advanced Heart Failure, Structural Heart and Cardiothoracic Surgery teams to care for our growing Cardiovascular Service Line patient population. The CVICU Intensivists will be partnered with both daytime and nighttime  Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), physician leadership coverage and other supportive clinical team members in our collaborative care model. VMMC is a tertiary and quaternary care referral center, and it is the primary location for complex and innovative cardiovascular care for VMFH. 

Position Details: 

• Supporting the growth of a new Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at VMMC.
• Supporting the growth of a Mechanical Cardiac Support program, including both an established ECMCO program and a new VAD program.
• Approximately 400 open heart cases per year including but not limited to: complex aortic arch surgery, redo valve replacement, pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, and septal myectomy.
• We also offer convergent procedures and other complex electrophysiology procedures with a very experienced team of proceduralists.
• Over 450 structural heart cases per year including but not limited to: MitraClip, Tricuspid clip, TAVR, transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve replacement, Watchman and high-risk PCI with Impella and/or ECMO support.
• Opportunity for educational engagement with Anesthesiology residents and Cardiology fellows, and to attend national conferences.
• Opportunities for leadership and committees across the organization.
• Structural heart trials.
• Competitive compensation package; $525k salary base plus Performance/Quality Metric up to $60,000.00.

• BC/BE by the ABA, American Board of Anesthesiology
• Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the State of Washington
• Ability to obtain a DEA with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice
• Certification in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Team Details

At Virginia Mason Medical Center our goal is to empower people to live healthy lives. That's why we focus on health education and preventive medicine, in addition to comprehensive and compassionate medical care. Laboratory testing, diagnostic screenings, occupational medicine, and much more are all available. Our caring team members enjoy building relationships with our patients.

About Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Virginia Mason

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment - we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our strengths and inspire a promising future. Living in the Pacific Northwest Located in the Pacific NW, Seattle is an area with a mild climate year round and close to the great outdoors where we enjoy an abundance of activities with our close proximity to the waters of Puget Sound and surrounding mountains. City life and cultural activities are also thriving. With a variety of neighborhoods and areas to work and live, there are many choices for the type of lifestyle you'd like to enjoy.