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Posted: 27-Apr-26
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Surgery: General
Surgery: Surgical Specialties
Sector:
Government
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: 4-27-26
Discover Your Ideal Anesthesiology Career in Tucson, Arizona—Work Where You’re Valued, Grow, and Thrive at VA!
Are you passionate about delivering excellent care while enjoying a vibrant professional and personal life? Join the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in Tucson, where you can make a difference for America’s veterans while advancing your career and embracing all that our community has to offer.
Why Choose SAVAHCS?
Premier Practice Environment:
- Leading-Edge Medicine: Join a progressive anesthesia program serving a grateful veteran population with diverse and rewarding case mix (no OB, peds, or level 1 trauma).
- Academic Opportunities: Collaborate regularly with University of Arizona’s Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Take an active role in teaching, mentoring, and clinical research—perfect for those who enjoy academic involvement.
Exceptional Compensation & Benefits:
- Outstanding Earning Potential: Competitive annual salary ($380,000–$400,000) with annual performance bonuses and regular increases.
- Generous Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Attractive packages available for highly qualified candidates, ensuring your move is seamless and rewarding.
- Education Debt Reduction Program: Qualify for up to $200,000 toward your educational loans.
- Unmatched Paid Leave: Take advantage of up to 50–55 days off per year—including annual leave, sick leave, paid federal holidays, and CME time.
- Comprehensive Insurance & Retirement: Robust federal health, dental, vision, and life coverage, many options portable into retirement. Enjoy retirement security with a traditional federal pension (vests in 5 years) AND a 401K with up to 5% VA match.
- Liability/Malpractice Protection: Full government coverage with tail liability.
- Licensure Flexibility: Maintain just one unrestricted medical license from any US state or territory.
Superior Work-Life Balance:
- No Contractual Constraints: No physician employment contract; enjoy minimal restrictions and freedom to moonlight.
- Predictable, Family-Friendly Hours: Monday–Friday, 7am–3:30pm with an alternative option for 4-day work weeks (4x10’s). Limited home-call (1 in 9–10).
- Personal Fulfillment: Make a lasting impact on the lives of veterans, supported by colleagues who value collaboration and wellness.
Your Role:
- Diverse Case Variety: Provide anesthesia care and supervision for a wide range of surgical procedures as part of a high-functioning, collegial team (approx. 95% supervision of CRNAs/residents).
- Dynamic Practice Environment: Participate in patient care across OR, PACU, GI suite, cath lab, IR, and more.
- Teaching & Academic Engagement: Mentor residents and CRNAs, and collaborate on continuous improvements in quality and safety.
- Focus on Excellence: Be part of a practice dedicated to continuous learning and physician-led innovation.
- U.S. Citizenship (Non-US Citizens/J-1 Visa maybe considered if there are no qualified US Citizens)
- MD or DO degree (or equivalent)
- Board certified/eligible in Anesthesiology
- Completion of ACGME-accredited anesthesia residency
- Active, unrestricted US medical license
- BLS/ACLS certification (on-site recertification available)
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.
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