Island Health has opportunities for Cardiac Anaesthesiologists in Victoria, BC. Located in Victoria, the Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 500-bed tertiary care facility and the referral centre for cardiac surgery patients on Vancouver Island. Cardiac cases total approximately 700-750 per year. Our cardiac anaesthesia group are involved in on-pump coronary artery bypass surgeries, complex valve surgery, aortic surgery, laser lead extractions, catheter based structural heart procedures, TAVIs, and TEVARs. We are the regional ECMO centre as part of the provincial ECLS network.
The Victoria Department of Anesthesiology consists of 50 full time equivalent anesthesia positions covering 2 tertiary sites in the city.
You will function as part of a collegial cardiac anesthesiologist team and your work will involve cardiac and all other surgical specialties offered at this centre. Cardiac anesthesia accounts for about 50% of our practice.
Duties will include:
Cardiac Anaesthesia Call for the OR Separate CVU call line for managing dedicated 24-hour coverage of a 9-bed cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVU) staffed by cardiac anesthesiologists Providing peri-operative TEE service to all cardiac cases, CVU patients as needed, and occasional out-of-OR patients, including for EP procedures. Preoperative assessments of cardiac surgery patients Anesthesia preoperative consultation clinic Care of acute pain service patients Teaching of a cardiac fellow, medical students, and residents The successful applicant must have current experience managing postoperative cardiac surgery patients in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVU).
Start Date: As soon as possible, flexible
Minimum Requirements: Eligible for licensure with College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC CMPA Membership PALS ACLS Fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia The NBE Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography certification or equivalent is desired #J-18808-Ljbffr