Alberta Health Services, South Zone is hiring a Full-time Anesthesiologist for the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge.

The Department of Anesthesia provides 24-hour services to 7 operating theatres with over 10,400 surgeries yearly. One anesthesiologist daily provides acute pain services on the units, consult services, anesthesia for psychiatric electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and covers Labour & Delivery suite which sees over 2300 deliveries and 700 Cesarean sections yearly.

Full participation with group on call;
Average work: 44 weeks/year, 8 weeks/year off (including Christmas and NY slowdown)
Weekly hourly workload (over total # of weeks: 56 hrs/wk worked for contracted weeks [40 hrs/wk of day/elective work and 16 hrs/wk of on call work]

Qualifications:

-Certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (preferred)
-Must have or be eligible for independent practitioner registration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (preferred)
-Position is open to AHS Sponsorship for a CPSA Assessment; preference will be given to candidates that do not require Sponsorship/Assessments, and next to those who require SPA only of an assessment, and then to candidates requiring a full assessment.
-Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

Community Info:

The Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) is the largest community hospital located in Southern Alberta providing services to Lethbridge and surrounding rural areas with a catchment population of ~150,000. CRH has 250 acute care beds, 45 geriatric beds, 10 ICU beds and 15 NICU bassinets. CRH is an accredited Level 3 Trauma Centre providing coverage in Pediatrics, Geriatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, ENT, Urology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery and Cancer services. Lethbridge is a vibrant city with a population of just over 100,000 people; located in beautiful southern Alberta and close proximity to mountains.