Anesthesiologist for Community Practice: Home Call, No OB, Priority of Work-Life Balance

The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center, the clinical partner of UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA, is looking for Community Practice Anesthesiologists to join our ambulatory team.

Our new competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Case Load Variety. Teaching. And More.

This position offers an opportunity to be engaged in the full spectrum of cases cared for in an academic medical center and Level 1 Trauma Center.

• Flex position between community hospital and ambulatory surgical center in the Worcester area
• Case mix: Ortho, gen surg, urology, plastics, GI. No pediatric or OB required
• Home Call only, required 1 weekday call per week, 1 weekend call per month
• Built in post call days to ensure work life balance
• Orthopedic surgery heavy practice, regional anesthesia skills required
• You will have supervision of CRNAs in the anesthesia care team model.
• You may take part in educating our residents in a fully integrated, outstanding training program.
• We offer opportunities to participate in education and medical simulation, QI work and research.
• The anesthesia team conducts an average of 60,000 anesthetics per year across our Medical Center

Benefits *New Compensation Package*

As a member of UMass Memorial Health, our anesthesiologists have received a newly updated compensation package that values your contributions:

• Salaries from $447K to $520K based on experience, fellowship training and sub-specialty practice
• Sign-on bonuses and newly added referral bonus program
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Nine weeks of paid time off (vacation/CME/holidays)
• Practice/CME allowance - $6,000 per fiscal year
• Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary, with additional retirement vehicles
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit
• Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs
• Built-in post-call days to ensure work-life balance
• Ability for additional income with incentivized voluntary additional call
• Hospital liability insurance

The department comprises 160 clinical providers with diverse cultural backgrounds, delivering advanced perioperative care across seven clinical sites: three hospitals, two ambulatory surgery centers and two GI centers. The department, in partnership with the Medical School, is committed to the ongoing professional development of our faculty. An academic appointment is awarded commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Visit our department website http://www.umassmed.edu/anes/ to learn more about our department.

Qualifications

Eligible individuals should have the following qualifications:

• Must hold a MD or DO degree and qualify for a Massachusetts license
• Be board certified or board eligible in anesthesiology

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:

J. Matthias Walz, MD, FCCP

Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UMass Memorial Health
C/o Krystal Vincent Krystal.Vincent@umassmemorial.org 

UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Health is the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts with 17,000 caregivers and 2,100 physicians, many of whom are members of UMass Memorial Medical Group. Our comprehensive system includes UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Memorial Health – Harrington, UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital, and UMass Memorial Health – Community Healthlink. Together, we impact every aspect of life in the region by making health and wellness services available to everyone, at the bedside, in the clinic or community, or even at home, advocating for social equality and providing economic stability and opportunity. There are many ways to heal. We pursue them all. Relentlessly. Visit www.ummhealth.org.

UMass Memorial Medical Center

A teaching hospital with over 700 beds and 8,000 caregivers, UMass Memorial Medical Center is dedicated to ensuring the health and well-being of our communities across Central Massachusetts. With our academic partner, UMass Chan Medical School, we are the source of academic and clinical excellence in primary and specialty care, community service, teaching and research. Visit www.ummhealth.org/medical-center.

UMass Memorial Health is the health and wellness partner of the people of Central Massachusetts.

Through pain and pandemics, our commitment to our communities never wanes. We use knowledge and innovation to create breakthrough medicine. To create jobs. To make life better for those we serve. We are leaders in the training of physicians and those who work in every facet of health care. We make outstanding care accessible for all, regardless of ability to pay. We stand for quality, compassion, dignity, opportunity and fairness. And we are relentless in our pursuit of healing.

UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts. We are the clinical partner of the UMass Chan Medical School, with access to the latest technology, research and clinical trials.

UMass Memorial Medical Center leads the region in providing cutting edge medical technology, including innovative diagnostic and treatment options. Our experienced staff includes specialists who are experts in their field. No matter where you receive health care within our network of hospitals, you have access to the knowledge, innovation and expertise of UMass Memorial Medical Center:

• The only designated Level I Trauma Center for adults in Central Massachusetts
• Home to the Duddie Massad Emergency and Trauma Center and Life Flight, New England’s first hospital-based air ambulance
• The region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing expert care for ill or premature newborns
• Ranked sixth in Massachusetts by US News & World Report as best regional hospital
• Recognized by US News & World Report as high performing in diabetes, heart attack, heart bypass surgery, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, lung cancer surgery, and stroke
• Named one of America’s Top 50 Teaching Hospitals by The Washington Monthly 
• Ranked 24^th in the nation’s top hospitals by the Lown Institute
• Recognized by Healthgrades with the following awards and designations: Critical Care Excellence Award, Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award, America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery Award

Our health system includes four hospitals and behavioral health services:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
• UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital (Fitchburg, Clinton and Leominster)
• UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital (Marlborough)
• UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital (Southbridge)
• Community Healthlink (Worcester)

Our hospitals are fully accredited by the Joint Commission, a national organization that sets quality standards for hospitals. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers, our health system also includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs and community-based physician practices.

We have an affiliation with CareWell Urgent Care to provide regional urgent care services. Also, the UMass Memorial Medical Group provides high quality, low-cost outpatient surgery services at The Surgery Center in Shrewsbury.

We are committed to using our breadth of connected health resources to ensure you receive the best, most appropriate care you need to heal.

With our knowledge, innovation, and compassion, we relentlessly pursue healing for you and all of our patients. Our team includes specialists who are nationally acclaimed for their expertise and leadership in areas such as:

• Heart and vascular care
• Orthopedics
• Cancer
• Diabetes
• Surgery
• Newborn intensive care
• Children’s services
• Women’s services
• Emergency medicine and trauma