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Salary: $473,928.00 - $672,672.00 Annually USD
Job Description
Position Summary
EMPLOYER-PAID PENSION PLAN ( NEVADA PERS)
COMPETITIVE SALARY & BENEFITS PACKAGE
This position is considered At-Will and will serve at the pleasure of the CEO.
As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.
We are home to Nevada's ONLY Level I Trauma Center, Designated Pediatric Trauma Center, Burn Care Center, and Transplant Center. We are a Pathway Designated facility by ANCC, and we are on our journey to Magnet status.
Position Summary: Provides anesthesia to trauma patients with both medical and surgical trauma emergencies. Manages difficult airways due to blood, vomitus, or severe facial fractions and also provides massive blood and fluid resuscitation, treat coagulopathies, obtain vascular access, prevent hypothermia, optimize mechanical ventilation, and ensure adequate anesthesia and analgesia.
Job Requirement
Education/Experience: M.D. or D.O. from an accredited school of medicine and completion of an Anesthesiology Residency and a one-year trauma anesthesiology fellowship from an accredited institution and three (3) years of clinical practice in trauma anesthesiology. Board Certified/Eligible in Anesthesiology
Licensing/Certification Requirements: Valid License by State of Nevada to practice medicine. State of Nevada Pharmacy Board License to Prescribe Medications and DEA Controlled Substance Registration Certificate. Some positions may require one or more of the following certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements
Knowledge of: Adult and pediatric care, equipment, supplies and practices; federal, state, local and accreditation laws, regulations and standards; clinical operations as well as the business operations of the hospital; principles and practices of medical care management and administration; quality assurance and performance improvement principles and methods; department and hospital safety practice and procedures; patient rights; age specific patient care practices; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures .
Skill in: Effective provision of medical care; assessing and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of medical care provided through the use of hospital QI program; ensuring that services are appropriate for meeting patient’s medical, social and emotional needs, consistent with sound health care resource allocation practices; developing goals, objectives, policies and procedures; applying leadership techniques; making effective decisions under stress and emergency circumstances; developing care plans; solving problems; communicating with a wide variety people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds; establishing.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Mobility to stand for long periods during surgical procedures, stamina to maintain concentration for extended periods of time; vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen; hearing and speech to communicate effectively in-person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification
Closing Date/Time: Continuous
Job Address
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States
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