Chair, Department of Anesthesiology

Your strong leadership engenders trust and confidence.

Your authenticity, vision, and resourcefulness will inspire and align members in the department.

You possess unquestionable leadership that invigorates colleagues and personnel. Your leadership inspires others, adheres to purposes, and is never dissuaded in the face of entrenchment. You are respected for your tactful approach when discretely yet steadfastly working through obstacles and admired for your subtlety in maximizing your team members’ potential. Only the empowering leader that you are can bring the kind of vigor that will impact our departmental culture with new and renovating effectiveness.

At Alameda Health System your ability to inspire and empower others will make a significant impact on one of the most diverse communities in the country. You can provide the necessary trust and credibility to rebuild and reinforce a working environment where cooperation, motivation, and innovation will instinctively flourish for the benefit of all patients – regardless of their ability to pay.

The Anesthesiology Department at Alameda Health System will welcome your ability to synergize groups of clinicians without curtailing their scope of practice. With your proactive approach you can orchestrate a piece-by-piece invigoration of all aspects of the Department of Anesthesiology, unifying groups into a high performance team that will improve the quality of care delivery, enhance medical training, and bring prosperous health to the community.

As an ideal candidate you:

• Have five or more years of experience in management and a strong track record of leadership in the field of Anesthesia, supported with a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree and outstanding clinical capabilities as an anesthesiologist.

• Possess team-building and persuasive people managing abilities that dynamically lead, motivate, and empower colleagues to align on a vision, effectively implement changes, and upgrade practices.

• Detect with accuracy where innovation is needed, give effective recommendations to redesign policies, standing orders, and techniques.

• Excel at developing and implementing initiatives that integrate interdepartmental programs to augment team care methods, recruit and retain high quality talent from prestigious organizations like Stanford or UCSF, and mentor a dependable and unshakable team.

• Teach in the hospital’s highly regarded residency programs.

• Assist with the incorporation of technology for more efficient charting and billing practices and with the preparation of annual budgetary planning.

• Interface and consult regularly with other departments to ensure timely and quality anesthetic coverage and a consistent cordial and professional working environment.

• Monitor continually the quality of patient care and the efficacy of all improvements and advancements in administrative and clinical operations as well as their repercussions within the department and on adjacent departments or units.

• Possess a valid license to practice medicine in the State of California, and a Board Certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Alameda Health System (AHS) is a major public health system and medical training institution headquartered in Oakland, CA. AHS is a patient and family-centered healthcare system dedicated to ensuring access to high quality health care for all, regardless of background or ability to pay and has been serving the community since 1847. The system has more than 4,500 employees, 1,000 physicians, and 480 volunteer and includes three acute hospitals, two skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation and psychiatric facilities, and four community wellness centers. The three-hospital complex serves equitably a highly diverse population, and it is driven by its mission: Caring, Teaching, Healing, Serving All.

Alameda Health Partners, Inc. (AHP) is a physician hospital organization established by Alameda Health System to coordinate and support providers in delivering high quality, efficient, value-based care to the patients and communities served by AHS. AHP is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of AHS.

Learn more about Alameda Health System at: www.alamedahealthsystem.org or apply directly at: http://www.alamedahealthsystem.org/health-professionals/careers. Or you can contact our Physician Recruiter, Ms. Chris Jones at: chrjones@alamedahealthsystem.org 

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