The Asheville VA HealthCare System has a new job opportunity – Seeking candidates who are enthusiastic and interested in providing effective patient care management. Recruiting for Physician – Anesthesia Department within Surgery Service. Come join the Asheville VA team!

• Salary: $365,000 - $370,000
• Who May Apply: S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA policy.
• Location: Asheville, NC

Interested physicians can apply by submitting a letter of interest and CV to Lisa.Sheffiled@va.gov .

Why Asheville?

The mission of the Charles George VA Medical Center and clinics is to make a positive difference in the lives of the Veterans we serve by providing compassionate, comprehensive, and quality healthcare. VA Asheville health care serves Veterans living in a 23-county area in western North Carolina.  Facilities include our medical center in Asheville and at 3 outpatient clinics. We also offer long term care at our community living center (nursing home) at our medical center. VA Asheville Healthcare System offers a wide range of health, support, and facility services for Veterans in western North Carolina.

Come enjoy all that Asheville and the surrounding area has to offer! Great people, communities, and schools! Our region of NC is the perfect balance of city and country! Take your pick- eating some upscale fine dining or downhome country eating, attending a small-town festival or big-city concert venue, spending a day at the spa in Asheville, or enjoying some hiking/horseback riding/outdoor recreation on the outskirts of town.  Conveniently located between the mountains and the beach, what more could you ask for?

Current staffing: 3 MD and 12 CRNA’s  

• Low- Acuity Clinic (LAC).
• 2 mid-levels provide acute care to approx. 25 veterans per day during the hours of 8:00am – 6:00pm.
• Ambulance Service consist of 4 Paramedics and 4 EMT’s.
• Ambulance is staffed with a Paramedic & EMT until 12:00am Monday thru Friday. Weekends the Ambulance is staffed until 8:00pm.

Practice Environment Description include:

• Urology, Orthopedic, General Surgery, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, GI/Endoscopy, ENT, Interventional Radiology offsite procedures.

Opportunity Highlights of this position include:

• Teaching Duke University SRNA’s, Military SRNA’s and medical students from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).

Work Schedule/ Tour of Duty & Call Coverage include:

• 7:00am-3:00pm Monday – Friday
• Night call 1/3 nights with 3 MD’s and ¼ nights with 4MD’s. Currently the CRNA’s take first and second call and MD’s take backup call and some second calls.

Candidate Quals (Basic / Preferred) include:

• Board Certified or Board Eligible.
• MD or DO and Anesthesiology ABA Board Certified

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About Veterans Administration Medical Center

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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