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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, Nevada

About this job

Southwest Medical Associates (SMA) is a multi-specialty group of physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants consisting of over 200 providers, fourteen clinical locations including nine health care centers, five urgent care clinics and an outpatient surgery center. SMA offers patients compassion, innovation, and quality care throughout southern Nevada. SMA is headquartered in the greater Las Vegas, NV area.


 


Southwest Medical Associates is now part of the Optum division under the greater UnitedHealth Group umbrella. 


 


Primary Responsibilities:




  • Provide assessment of, consultation for, and preparation of patients for anesthesia



  • Provide relief and prevention of pain during and following surgical, obstetric, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures


  • Monitoring and maintenance of normal physiology during the preoperative period

  • Management of critically ill patients

  • Diagnosis and treatment of acute, chronic and cancer related pain

  • Clinical management and teaching of cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation

  • Evaluation of respiratory function and application of respiratory therapy

  • Conduct of clinical and basic science research

  • Supervision, teaching and evaluation of performance of personnel, both medical and paramedical, involved in perioperative care

Requirements

Required Qualifications:




  • 4+ years of graduate medical education in the field of Anesthesiology 



  • 3+ years of training in clinical anesthesia; Clinical Base Year (CBY) and 36 months of clinical anesthesia training (CA-1, CA-2, and CA-3 years)



  • Licensure in the State of Nevada or eligibility for the licensure to be licensed



  • Meet the criteria and standards established by Southwest Medical Associates Credentialing and the delineation of privilege requirements for all hospitals and survey center where they will practice; care privileges will be: Anesthesia, Critical Care Anesthesia and Trauma Anesthesia



  • Must obtain a valid DEA and Nevada Rx license



  • Must have knowledge of preoperative care, evaluation and management in the dealing of Anesthesia in preoperative, intraoperative and post operative environments



  • Pediatric training 



  • Must possess excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication and professionalism with an emphasis on integrity, a commitment to excellence and ethical principles of clinical care



  • Ability to exercise confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, business practices and demonstration of respect and regard for the needs of the patients



  • Computer literate


Preferred Qualifications:




  • Fellowship training  


We offer an attractive base salary, sign on bonus, bonus plan, and comprehensive fringe benefits package, including medical, dental, and life insurance, STD/LTD, professional liability, matching 401K, relocation costs, three weeks paid vacation, one week paid CME with $3500 allowance, and eight paid holidays. Additional annual stipends are paid for  supervision of extenders.

Las Vegas offers the best in entertainment and cultural options, in addition to being an affordable metropolitan area in which to live. Also, Nevada has no state income tax. Warm weather, 300-plus days of sunshine, championship golf, hiking, skiing, five-star restaurants, endless attractions and entertainment choices are reasons Las Vegas is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. 


 


Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)


 


 


Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.


 


UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.


 


Job Keywords: Anesthesiologist, Physician, Anesthesia, Las Vegas, NV, Nevada