General Anesthesiologist

Ochsner Health is seeking a BC / BE ANESTHESIOLOGIST at OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER WEST BANK in a close suburb of New Orleans.

Opportunity Details :

• Stable group of 6 MDs seeking to expand to 7 and backfill a pending retirement. This will allow one person each weekday to personally perform cases, while most supervise a seasoned group of CRNAs.
• Current chief plans to remain with this great group as a clinician.
• Requires team player committed to developing good relationships with our surgeons, nurses and medical staff.
• Practice is that of a smaller community hospital, plus some academic training. Our department provides the airway rotation for Ochsner’s small Emergency Medicine residency, and we have a few Anesthesia residents rotate from the academic programs at Ochsner's larger urban campus.
• Diverse case mix : Orthopedics, General Surgery, OB / GYN, Urology, ENT, Endoscopy, Spine, Vascular, Labor and Delivery, occasional Thoracic and rare healthy Pediatric cases. No cardiac or craniotomies.
• Regional blocks for Orthopedic cases.
• Base salary, annual bonus (based on system-wide performance), and leadership stipend.
• Excellent vacation and CME.
• Weekend and Holiday Call will be split evenly among the 8 physicians and is taken in hospital. CRNAs are called in for cases.
• Hospital is 8 miles from downtown New Orleans in Gretna, LA

Ochsner Medical Center West Bank is a 180-bed hospital recognized by Healthgrades for numerous Five-star ratings, Specialty Excellence Awards, and its departments are among the top 5% and 10% in the nation by the Healthgrades 2018 Report. Ochsner Health System is Louisiana's largest non-profit, academic healthcare system with 30 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 80 health centers and urgent care centers. Our mission is to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a "Best Hospital" across three specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 60 countries worldwide each year.

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