The anesthesiologist will be responsible to provide clinical anesthesia care for a variety of pediatric surgery cases for children of all ages, including many infants and increasingly neonates.

The Pediatric Anesthesiologist will work with a multi-disciplinary team to provide the high quality care to include providing evaluation and treatment plan specific to the needs of each patient.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide routine and emergent anesthesia care for neonatal through adult patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classifications I -VI.
• Perform routine preoperative evaluations on patients and provide contemporary regional and general anesthesia care for the following subspecialties: pediatric surgery, cardiothoracic, pediatric dentistry, pediatric otolaryngology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric urology, pediatric ophthalmology, pediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric orthopedics and sports, pediatric plastic surgery and craniofacial surgery.
  
• Administer appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks in the treatment of acute and chronic pain.
  
• Oversee the activities of the recovery room and administer appropriate drug and respiratory therapy in the recovery room setting.
• Implement the proper use of mechanical ventilators in the recovery room, and as necessary, in the intensive care units.
  
• Provide consultation regarding preoperative preparation, intra and postoperative anesthetic management, and treatment of chronic pain patients.
  
• Perform administrative duties as required to include completion of all required reports, records, and quality assurance reviews.
  
• Participate in designated Anesthesia Service training activities to include in-services.
• Participate in other catastrophic problems where the skill of an anesthesiologist is applicable, e.g., drug overdoses, cardiac arrests, respiratory problems, or trauma admissions.
  
• Participate in Continuing Medical Education and provide a high level of quality assurance.
  
• Approve general, sedative, regional, or local anesthetics.
• Oversee the administration of anesthesia by nurse anesthetists.
  
• Administer anesthesia to patients whose condition poses a particular anesthetic difficulty.
• Inform patients of risks associated with anesthesia.
  
• Participate in the evaluation of quality and appropriateness of patient care and resolving identified problems.
  
• Academic/scholarly work and division citizenship as per division chief.
  
• Comply with medical and hospital procedure policy.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.