Job Description

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Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Hiring Range: $447,000 - $520,000

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

The Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center, the clinical partner of UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, MA, is looking for a Obstetric Anesthesiologist to join our team.

Our new competitive compensation and benefits package places us as your top choice in the region.

Case Load Variety. Teaching. And More.

This position offers an opportunity to be engaged in the full spectrum of cases cared for in an academic medical center and Level 1 Trauma Center.

• Attractive Case Mix with regular assignment to dedicated Acute Pain Service.
• Dedicated Acute Pain Service model established at our University, and Memorial Campus locations.
• Additional opportunities to practice Regional Anesthesia are offered at our two Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
• Case mix includes general, minimally invasive, bariatric, orthopedic (including trauma, spine and joint. replacement), thoracic, vascular, neurosurgical, ENT, hepatobiliary, urology, IVF and GYN.

• In addition, we cover the full spectrum of services in non-OR locations, including vascular and neuro IR, a busy heart and vascular interventional lab, and anesthesia for GI services.
• Opportunity to join the obstetric anesthesia team in our Labor and Delivery unit (5,000 deliveries per year).
• Practice in the anesthesia care team model supervising CRNAs and our Residents in our fully integrated, outstanding training program.
• We offer opportunities to participate in education and medical simulation, QI work, and research.
• The anesthesia team conducts an average of 60,000 anesthetics per year across all sites we cover.

Benefits *New Compensation Package*

As a member of UMass Memorial Health, our anesthesiologists have received a newly updated compensation package that values your contributions:

• Salaries from $447K to $520K based on experience, fellowship training and sub-specialty practice
• Sign-on bonuses and newly added referral bonus program
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage
• Nine weeks of paid time off (vacation/CME/holidays)
• Practice/CME allowance - $6,000 per fiscal year
• Employer-funded retirement contributions of 8% of base salary, with additional retirement vehicles
• Comprehensive tuition reimbursement benefit
• Paid family and medical leave; short-term and long-term disability programs
• Built-in post-call days to ensure work-life balance
• Ability for additional income with incentivized voluntary additional call
• Hospital liability insurance

The department comprises 160 clinical providers with diverse cultural backgrounds, delivering advanced perioperative care across seven clinical sites: three hospitals, two ambulatory surgery centers and two GI centers.

The department, in partnership with the Medical School, is committed to the ongoing professional development of our faculty. An academic appointment is awarded commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Visit our department website http://www.umassmed.edu/anes/ to learn more about our department.

Qualifications

Eligible individuals should have the following qualifications:

• Must hold a MD or DO degree and qualify for a Massachusetts license
• Be board certified or board eligible in anesthesiology with a Regional Fellowship

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:

J. Matthias Walz, MD, FCCP

Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, UMass Memorial Health
C/o Krystal Vincent Krystal.Vincent@umassmemorial.org

UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Health is the largest not-for-profit health care system in Central Massachusetts with 20,000 caregivers and 2,500 physicians, many of whom are members of UMass Memorial Medical Group. Our comprehensive system includes UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Memorial Health – Harrington, UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital, and UMass Memorial Health – Community Healthlink. Together, we impact every aspect of life in the region by making health and wellness services available to everyone, at the bedside, in the clinic or community, or even at home, advocating for social equality and providing economic stability and opportunity. There are many ways to heal. We pursue them all. Relentlessly. Visit www.ummhealth.org

UMass Memorial Medical Center

A teaching hospital with over 700 beds and 8,000 caregivers, UMass Memorial Medical Center is dedicated to ensuring the health and well-being of our communities across Central Massachusetts. With our academic partner, UMass Chan Medical School, we are the source of academic and clinical excellence in primary and specialty care, community service, teaching and research. Visit www.ummhealth.org/medical-center

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.