Job ID: 342

Type: Physicians

State: NY

Area: Northeastern New York

Specialty: ANESTHESIOLOGY

Description: Hospital & Medical Center are searching for BC/BE Anesthesiologists to join a hospital based practice The Hospital is comprised of a combination of FT and PT Anesthesiologists for a total of 9.7 FTE’s, there are also 2 CRNAs on staff and gaps are filled with per diem Anesthesiologists or CRNAs --Cases include general surgery, orthopedics, urology, thoracic, vascular, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, dental, ophthalmology and obstetrics/gynecology --Care is provided in 9 main operating rooms, an out patient surgical center, and eye care center, labor and delivery and limited out of operating room sites. --Call is from home with a response time of 15 minutes --1st and 2nd calls are overnight equitably distributed among the nine full-time general anesthesiologists --2nd call is very light and only backs up 1st call for emergencies that cannot wait or labor analgesia that is expected to be delayed if 1st call is occupied --Late shifts are also equitably shared as well as holiday coverage --Late shifts include 3rd call not held past 7pm - 4th and 5th call not held past 5:30pm and 6th call not held past 4:30pm --All pre and post 1st or 2nd call are released by 3:30pm --Late shifts are shortened when clinical work does not support their need The hospital delivers 800-900 babies per year with a c-section rate around 33% with half being scheduled. Labor epidural rate for vaginal deliveries is approximately 65-70%. Labor & Delivery nurses monitor labor epidural patients in accordance with a detailed protocol The Medical Center (2nd location) covers up to 4 operating rooms, a GI endoscopy suite and L&D --Anesthesia services provided for surgery includes GI endoscopies, general surgery, gynecology, podiatry and orthopedics --The obstetrical suite performs over 200 deliveries per year --Current staffing is with 2 MDs and 3 CRNAs --24/7 coverage is provided with MDs -- Call is light - MDs average 1 in 3 weekends, with reimbursement for additional weekend coverage - Weekdays average 1 in 2 coverage Employed position with a comprehensive benefit package Primary work location is the Hospital

Community/Facility info: A non-profit, level II trauma center serving a tri-county area of 170,000. We are a regional tertiary center that offers high technology and is accredited by the Joint Commission. Our typical daily census is approximately 260 (approximately 150 acute beds) with 155 physicians on the Medical Staff. Our sub-specialty support is very good. Our emergency room visits for 2005 were 52,787. We are one of the few New York hospitals that actually operate in the black. We are much bigger than what you would expect in a rural area. The services offered here are advanced and our technology vast. Our state of the art critical care unit has 14-beds, the step-down unit has 12 beds and our two new cath labs have digital equipment. We have 7 operating rooms that will be replaced by 9 new OR's in newly constructed space in 2008.Our Ambulatory Surgery Center has 4 OR’s and 4 endoscopy suites. Of significance is that we expanded our cardiology services to include open-heart surgery and angioplasty in 2005. We offer a quality of life that is second to none along with practicing in a big hospital. A picturesque community of 38,000 located on Lake Champlain and at the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. We live where others vacation. It is extremely safe with a low cost of living slightly above the national average. There are excellent schools both public and private. The State University of New York also has a branch here with 6,200 students. Montreal, Burlington, Vermont and Lake Placid are all within an hour’s drive. Site Selection Magazine has chosen the area as a top city in the nation for business development for the past eight years. In addition, a Florida-based economic consulting firm (Policom Corp) has ranked the area as the top micropolitan in NY and the 27th in the nation.

Contact: For more information please contact Ben Ferro at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.