Position Requirements

Description
As part of St. David’s HealthCare, the full-service St. David’s Medical Center provides comprehensive medical care and is home to the world-renowned Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute and St. David’s Neuroscience & Spine Institute. It provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care in a setting that features a 426-bed acute care hospital and a 64-bed rehabilitation hospital. The medical center has a 24-hour emergency department and an all-inclusive Bariatric Surgery Center, and provides complex surgical services.

Our practice provides anesthesia services at St. David’s Medical Center, North Austin Medical Center, South Austin Hospital, and Round Rock Medical Center.

Awards
Named among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters).

Case Assignments
Varies

Shifts
Work an average of 8 hours per week as needed.

Team Leadership
Nicole Chao-Knize, MD, Chief Anesthesiologist

Team Highlights
Our diverse group is composed of anesthesiologists and CRNAs who provide anesthesia services in a care team model; team members are exposed to a wide variety of complex cases.

Our care team model means that we focus on everyone having a voice, while supporting, respecting, and helping to deliver care excellence.

Requirements
Responsibilities
Assist in the directing and coordinating of activities in the Anesthesia Department
Responsible for the medical management of patients who are rendered unconscious and/or insensible to pain and emotional stress during surgery and other medical procedures
Pre-anesthesia assessment
Obtains and/or verifies patient consent
Discuss anesthetic options and risks with the patient
Induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia
Monitoring of the patient's physiological condition
Performance of clinical intervention as needed

Requirements
M.D./D.O. Degree from an accredited College of Medicine
ECFMC and FLEX
Completion of approved Residency in Anesthesia
Currently licensed as a Physician

Lifestyle
Austin, TX:
The capital of Texas, Austin is the 11th-largest city in the United States and has been ranked one of the best places to live in the country. Austin offers a thriving economy, welcoming neighborhoods, solid schools, and the conveniences of a big city at a more leisurely small-town pace. The quality of life is enhanced by 300 days of sunshine a year and a moderate climate. Opportunities for outdoor recreation and fitness abound, including swimming spots and miles of great biking and hiking trails.

Area Attractions:
The 351-acre Zilker Park, a recreation hub, and Lady Bird Lake flowing past downtown along the Colorado River
Bullock Texas State History Museum and Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
Red-granite State Capitol building modeled after the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC
The sight of Mexican free-tailed bats that dwell under the Congress Avenue bridge and emerge at night to feed off the mosquito population

Colleges and Schools Include:
Huston-Tillotson University, The University of Texas at Austin, St. Edward’s University
Lasa High School, Canyon Ridge Middle School, Elsa England Elementary School


Total Rewards
Hourly Rate: $350 per hour

EEO Statement

North American Partners in Anesthesia is an equal opportunity employer.