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Pay:
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME:
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice:
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract:
No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and counteract adverse reactions or complications. Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition throughout procedure. Provide and maintain life support and airway management and help prepare patients for emergency surgery.
Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures, using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods.

Examine patient, obtain medical history, and use diagnostic tests to determine risk during surgical, obstetrical, and other medical procedures.

Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility. Coordinate administration of anesthetics with surgeons during operation.

Decide when patients have recovered or stabilized enough to be sent to another room or ward or to be sent home following outpatient surgery.

Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to pain.

Order laboratory tests, x-rays, and other diagnostic procedures.

Inform students and staff of types and methods of anesthesia administration, signs of complications, and emergency methods to counteract reactions.

Provide medical care and consultation in many settings, prescribing medication and treatment and referring patients for surgery.
Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other medical activities and formulating plans and procedures. Diagnose illnesses, using examinations, tests, and reports. Coordinate and direct work of nurses, medical technicians, and other health care providers.
Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.
Schedule and maintain use of surgical suite, including operating, wash-up, waiting rooms, or anesthetic and sterilizing equipment.

Conduct medical research to aid in controlling and curing disease, to investigate new medications, and to develop and test new medical techniques.

About the region:

Beckley West Virginia is southern West Virginia's largest population center and a major shopping and entertainment area for thousands of the "Mountain State's rural residents.

Tourism, technology and transportation thrive here amid 3 national parks.

Beckley is an ideal place to live with affordable cost of living and a low crime rate, which WV has had the lowest for 50 years.

The city offers dining options of authentic local food as well as a diverse variety of well-known franchise restaurants.

Entertainment included the performing arts, fine arts, museums, festivals, live music as well as movie Galleria 14 movie theater, bowling, miniature golf and other fun activities.

The region has some of the most beautiful parks, trails and lakes for outdoor recreation.

General Area:
Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center

Raleigh County Memorial Airport

YMCA of Southern West Virginia

Entertainment:
City of Beckley Sponsored Events

Tamarack

Arts:
Beckley Concert Association

Theatre West Virginia

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

Youth Museum

Outdoors:
Parks and Recreation

Burning Rock West Virginia Off Road Park

Winterplace Ski Resort

Summit Bechtel Reserve

Resort at Glade Springs

Cabins at Pine Haven

New River Gorge National Park & Preserve

West Virginia State Parks

Schools:
Raleigh County School District

West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Valley College

New River Community and Technical College

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