Section Head of Pediatric Anesthesiology

Ochsner Health is seeking an experienced Physician Leader to serve as the Section Head for Pediatric Anesthesiology at the new freestanding Ochsner Children's Hospital. In this role, the successful candidate will lead a team of seven Pediatric Anesthesiology faculty members in a practice encompassing all subspecialties, ranging from healthy outpatients to complex neonatal surgery. Located in vibrant New Orleans, Ochsner Children's Hospital is a recognized leader in complex pediatric care, offering robust academic, clinical, and research opportunities.

Practice Info

• Practice at our new freestanding Ochsner Children's Hospital set to open in 2028
• Pediatric anesthesiology practice includes all subspecialties and spans the spectrum from healthy outpatients to complex neonatal surgery
• Teaching program with a fully accredited Anesthesiology residency as well as Adult Cardiac Anesthesia, Pulmonary Critical Care and Neurocritical Care fellowship programs
• OMC Department of Anesthesiology includes 70 Anesthesiologists, 100 CRNA's, and >45 house staff, with an annual case volume of >80,000
• Ochsner Children's has more than 85 primary care pediatricians and 290+ subspecialists across 27 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi

Responsibilities

• Embracing a leadership identity: Clear understanding and commitment to success as defined by collective performance; acceptance of responsibility for the performance of others
• Professionalism: Understanding of and commitment to the highest standards of professionalism; willingness to hold others to those standards
• Recruitment, Performance assessment, compensation, and feedback: Basic capacities in interviewing and proving feedback
• Teamwork: Commitment to collaboration; understanding how to assign roles and run effective meetings
• Negotiation, conflict resolution; interdepartmental collaboration: Able to frame issues from multiple perspectives, establish and nurture communication and problem-solving linkages with other sites/sections
• A stepwise approach to dealing with problematic physicians: Basic understanding of how to set expectations, document behavior, provide feedback; must be comfortable doing so
• Communication, having the difficult conversation: Can communicate clearly verbally and in writing; able to graciously confront difficult situations
• Healthcare finance and reimbursement: Basic understanding of what is and is not profitable, of coding, of the billing cycle

Qualifications

• Board certified or eligible for certification in physician's primary specialty
• Licensed Practicing Provider MD/DO
• Credentialed and willing to maintain clinical practice
• Individuals who reside in and will work from the following areas are not eligible for remote work position: Colorado, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C.