Anesthesiologist – Advance Your Career in a Level I Trauma Center

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Job Summary

The Physician, with minimal supervision, manages pain during surgical and other medical procedures ensuring the safety and comfort of patients during these procedures, and for monitoring their vital signs and responding to any complications as they arise.

Essential Functions:

• Monitors patients before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications.
  (20%)
• Administers anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.
  (20%)
• Provides and maintains life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
  (10%)
• Records type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure.
  (10%)
• Examines patient, obtains medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.
  (15%)
• Coordinates administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation. Similarly confers with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.
  
  (15%)
• Determines when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery. (10%)

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Graduation from an Accredited Medical School Required and

Work Experience:

• 1-3 years directly related experience Required

Licenses:

• MD-Physician - State Medical Board Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures and techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment.
• Able to effectively manage and direct medical staff support activities while providing quality medical care.
• Able to receive detailed information through oral communications; express or exchange ideas by verbal communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills.
• Able to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Performs in a tactful and professional manner.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Computer skills required.
  
  

Salary

$348,900.00 - $420,800.00 / yr

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency
  
  

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is a nationally recognized integrated healthcare system committed to providing exceptional care to the communities it serves. As a leading urban safety net health system, Denver Health is considered a national model for delivering high-quality, accessible care.

Comprehensive Healthcare Network

Denver Health’s system includes:

• A 525-bed acute care hospital with newly designed adult and pediatric emergency departments
• A Level I Trauma Center with one of the nation’s best trauma survival rates
• A 911 paramedic system
• Nine community health centers & 19 school-based clinics
• The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center
• A 100-bed non-medical detoxification center
• Dedicated psychiatric emergency services
• Correctional care facilities
• The Rocky Mountain Center for Medical Response to Terrorism, Mass Casualties, and Epidemics
• An HMO, providing comprehensive healthcare coverage

Academic Excellence & Leadership Opportunity

Denver Health maintains a formal affiliation with the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CU-SOM), with faculty holding full-time academic appointments. The Chair of Inpatient Pediatrics will play a pivotal role in shaping the department’s scholarly and educational programs, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence in both clinical care and academic pursuits.