Job ID: 2016

Type: Physicians

State: OH

Area: Southwest Ohio

Specialty: ANESTHESIOLOGY

Description: Children’s Hospital seeking a Chief of Anesthesiology to provide strategic, clinical, and administrative leadership for our pediatric anesthesia program. --This physician leader will oversee a team of 3 full-time Pediatric Anesthesiologists while maintaining an active clinical practice within a highly specialized surgical environment. --Rotating 1-in-4 home call schedule. --This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a high-performing anesthesia team dedicated to delivering exceptional care for children undergoing complex procedures, including craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate repair, acute burn care, burn reconstruction, and select plastic and reconstructive surgeries. --The Chief will play a critical role in advancing departmental performance, ensuring the highest standards of quality and safety, and aligning anesthesia services with institutional priorities and growth initiatives. --Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the anesthesia department --Oversee clinical quality, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives --Maintain an active clinical practice delivering pediatric anesthesia care --Supervise, mentor, and support a team of Pediatric Anesthesiologists --Lead physician recruitment, onboarding, and professional development --Manage operational workflows, scheduling, and departmental efficiency --Serve as the primary liaison between anesthesia, hospital leadership, and multidisciplinary teams --Collaborate closely with surgical and perioperative partners to ensure coordinated, high-quality care --The anesthesia team operates in an all-MD model without CRNA supervision, running two operating rooms daily. Physicians spend approximately 90% of their time in the operating room, with additional responsibilities including preoperative assessments and occasional PACU coverage. --The clinical environment includes a diverse mix of critical and non-critical pediatric patients and offers opportunities to utilize: - Regional anesthesia - Ultrasound-guided blocks - Advanced airway management - Anesthesia support for laser scar revision procedures --Physicians work closely with a multidisciplinary team that includes pediatric burn surgeons, plastic surgeons, physician assistants, surgical technologists, perioperative nurses, physical and occupational therapists, recreational therapy staff, and advanced practice providers. --There are no resident or fellow teaching responsibilities. --Required: - Fellowship training in Pediatric Anesthesiology required - Board certified in Anesthesiology - Eligible for medical licensure in the state of Ohio - Demonstrated leadership experience in a clinical or academic setting preferred

Community/Facility info: The region's pediatric referral center for 20 Ohio counties and eastern Indiana. There is a full-time dedication to caring for infants, children and teens. Specially trained and experienced pediatric specialists in over 35 specialty areas work as a team to make sure the medical and psychosocial needs of children and their families are met. We offer Board-certified pediatric specialists in over 35 areas, including cardiology, newborn medicine, critical care, pulmonary medicine, neurosurgery, nephrology, urology, neurology and dermatology. The Pediatric Trauma and Emergency Center is the region's only trauma facility dedicated to caring for children. Our Regional Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit is nationally recognized. Its family focus, low sound and light levels, the use of developmental concepts and its skilled staff help critically ill babies heal faster. The region's only pediatric transport team will bring your infant or child to this facility in one of four mobile intensive care units. In our advanced surgery complex, more than 12,500 surgeries are performed every year, each with a pediatric anesthetist. Read more about day surgery. A comprehensive pediatric Cancer Care Center accredited by the American College of Surgeons. Ours is one of a just a few approved programs in the country. This facilities pediatric sleep center is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and is directed by a physician board-certified in sleep medicine. Clinical research is regularly conducted at to improve the lives of infants, children and teens through the latest treatments. Community-based services. Many of this facilities pediatric experts offer services in communities throughout our 20-county region. Our community offers a variety of public, private and religious education systems, thriving arts and entertainment, minor league baseball team, museums, and parks.

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