Anesthesiologist//nocturnist
Company: South Shore Health System
Location: Weymouth
Posted on: April 23, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description SummaryPhysicians who administer anesthetics
prior to, during, or after surgery or other medical procedures. The
anesthesiologist/nocturnist would always be working with a CRNA
covering OR anesthesia overnight requirements, as well as airway
responses throughout the hospital.Job DescriptionEssential
Functions
- Monitor patient before, during, and after anesthesia and
counteract adverse reactions or complications.
- Record type and amount of anesthesia and patient condition
throughout procedure. Record patient medical history.
- Provide and maintain life support and airway management and
help prepare patients for emergency surgery. Implement advanced
life support techniques. Prepare patients physically for medical
procedures.
- Administer anesthetic or sedation during medical procedures,
using local, intravenous, spinal, or caudal methods. Administer
anesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
- 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. Monitor patient progress or responses to
treatments.
- Confer with other medical professionals to determine type and
method of anesthetic or sedation to render patient insensible to
pain.
- Manage anesthesiological services, coordinating them with other
medical activities and formulating plans and procedures.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide
treatment.
- South Shore Hospital has a busy Birthing Unit staffed by a CRNA
or anesthesiologist. Occasionally, if a c/section or other OB
procedure is on-going, the anesthesiologist/nocturnist would also
be asked to place/manage epidurals.
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Keywords: South Shore Health System, Warwick , Anesthesiologist//nocturnist, Healthcare , Weymouth, Rhode Island
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