St. Agnes Hospital is actively recruiting a full time (1.0FTE) Anesthesiologist to join our anesthesia department. The department currently consists of 11 physicians and 10 CRNA/AA’s. Our Anesthesiologists provide care to our patients both at St. Agnes Hospital, as well as our outpatient location, the Fond du Lac Surgery Center. St. Agnes Hospital has 7 operating rooms plus 1 cardiovascular operating room and a hybrid cath lab. The Fond du Lac Surgery Center has 4 operating rooms. Call frequency is 1:8. The caseload includes a mix of general anesthesia as well as cardiac cases. Participation in the open heart rotation is required. St. Agnes does approximately 120 heart cases per year.

Excellent compensation, signing bonus and benefits are provided.

The Hospital

St. Agnes Hospital is a 174-bed facility that does approximately 5,000 surgical cases per year. Case mix includes general, orthopedics, ENT, OB/GYN, ophthalmology, urology, neurosurgery, podiatry and hearts.

St. Agnes Hospital, a nonprofit Catholic institution, is a leader in providing quality state-of-the-art healthcare services, whether it is cancer treatment; comprehensive heart care through the Dale Michels Center for Heart Care, including angioplasty and open-heart surgery; home or hospice care; maternity services; laser surgery; sports medicine; behavioral health services; women’s health services; occupational health services; rehabilitation services and 24-hour emergency care.

The Outpatient Surgery Center

The Fond du Lac Surgery Center, Agnesian HealthCare’s outpatient surgery center does approximately 2500 surgical cases per year, and is located approximately two miles from St. Agnes Hospital. The Surgery Center consists of four operating room suites. Services offered include plastic surgery and cosmetic services, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and podiatry.

The Community

Fond du lac, a thriving community of just over 43,000, is situated at the foot of Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago (a location that gives the city its French name), Fond du Lac is an easy drive to Milwaukee, Madison (the state capital) and Green Bay – Titletown USA. This puts the city at the center of the state’s population concentration, an area with more than 3 million residents.

Lake Winnebago is Wisconsin’s largest inland lake. The 400 acres of islands and lakefront making up Lakeside Park are a focal point for outdoor activity throughout the summer. Additionally, Kettle Moraine State Park is within a short drive.

Fond du Lac’s educational system consistently gets top academic performance grades in both state and national ratings and the public and private elementary and secondary systems are widely recognized as one of the best in the state and the Midwest.

St. Agnes Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for obtaining call coverage by other medical staff members for holidays, vacations and other time off.
• Responsible for the standard of practice for patient population.
• Responsibility for maintaining a private office and all clinical decision making within the office during times of service.
• Acts as an advisor and consultant in the establishment of operational policies of the practice to include: (1) Purchasing and capital allocations; (2) Managed care plan participation; (3) Budget and practice expenses; (4) Medicare/Medicaid participation; (5) Billing and collection of professional fees; (6) Personnel management and related policies; (7) Risk management and quality assurance; and (8) Coding compliance.
• Responsible for after-hours call coverage for patients of the practice, in addition to office appointments.
• Participates in community service activities, including speaking engagements, writing and special clinical programs as reasonably requested.
• Responsible for all risk management, coding compliance and quality assurance activities and functions in and related to the practice.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.