Anesthesiologist (Pain Management / Interventional Pain)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Anesthesiologist (Pain Management / Comprehensive Neuromodulation and Spine Program)

• Schedule: Full-time, Monday–Friday (compressed schedule may be available); On-call required

• Time split: 75% anesthesia (Providence VA Operating Room) / 25% interventional pain outpatient clinic and procedures

• Loan repayment eligibility: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) may be available (apply within four months of appointment; awards up to $200,000; eligibility 1–5 years)

Description

Provide comprehensive perioperative anesthesia care and interventional pain services across inpatient, outpatient, and procedural settings. Support pain management, opioid safety, and prescription drug management programs through preoperative evaluation, individualized anesthetic/treatment planning, and interventional pain procedure delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide anesthesia for surgical, obstetrical, and medical procedures

• Deliver acute and chronic pain management and individualized perioperative plans

• Perform comprehensive history and physical exams for preoperative evaluation

• Review and manage patients via consult and e-consult workflows

• Administer IV fluids, medications, and blood products; manage ventilators and nebulizers

• Perform arterial blood gas sampling and interpretation

• Place arterial lines; perform endotracheal intubation and other airway/bronchoscopy-related procedures as required

• Provide hemodynamic support and multiorgan resuscitation for emergencies

• Manage fluid, electrolyte, and metabolic disturbances

• Interpret ECG and pulmonary function tests

• Perform nerve blocks (with or without ultrasound guidance), epidural injections and epidural catheter placement, and neurolysis

• Conduct ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided interventional pain procedures

• Perform radiofrequency and cryoablation, joint injections, and neuromodulation procedures (SCS, DRG, PNS, intrathecal pump systems)

• Perform ultrasound-guided catheter placement and image-guided procedures

Requirements

• Board Certification in Pain Management

• Interventional Pain Fellowship

• Experience with spinal cord stimulation (trial, implantation, or removal of electrodes and devices)

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy)

• MD or equivalent degree from an approved allopathic/osteopathic medical school

• Current, full, unrestricted medical license in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC

• Completion of accredited residency training leading to board certification eligibility (or meet defined alternatives)

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation and meet physical requirements for the role

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases

• Paid Time Off: 50–55 days per year (annual leave, sick leave, federal holidays, plus possible CME-related paid absence)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care

• CME: possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (full-time with board certification)

• Malpractice: free liability protection with tail coverage provided

• No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting