Posted 17 months ago
Anesthesiology Physician
@ Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
Newfoundland and Labrador
Overview
NL Health Services is hiring a full-time Cardiac Anesthesiologist at Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, with a June 20, 2026 start. The role is at least 50% cardiovascular anesthesia across 14-16 daily operating rooms, plus pre-admission clinics, post-operative pain management and on-call coverage, paid fee-for-service under the MCP schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Provide anesthesia to surgical patients, at least 50% cardiovascular
- Deliver pre-admission anesthesia clinics and post-operative pain management
- Provide cardiac anesthesia on-call and transesophageal echocardiography
- Participate in on-call coverage about two times per month
- Teach anesthesia residents and medical students
Requirements summary:
- MD from a recognized institution
- RCPSC certification in anesthesiology or pending
- Cardiac anesthesia subspecialty fellowship training required
- Advanced perioperative TEE competency certification
- Recent experience in cardiac, neuro, cath lab, neuro-IR and urology anesthesia
- Criminal record and vulnerable sector checks
Source and dates
Source type not verified · nlhs
- Employer posting date
- 2025-06-25
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Hours per week | 37.5 |
| Schedule | day, evening, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Licences & certifications | CPSNL licensure, TEE competency certification |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Education | Professional degree (MD, JD…) (required), Doctorate (required) |
| Fields of study | Medicine, Anesthesiology, Cardiac anesthesia |
| Perks mentioned | Relocation assistance, Performance bonus |
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | St. John's |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 983 |
Cardiac Anesthesiologist - Full-Time |
|---|
| Hours | 75 hours bi-weekly plus on-call obligations |
| Salary | Fee-For-Service — As per MCP Payment Schedule |
| Competition Number | VAC0013342 |
| Posted Date | 2025-06-26 |
| Closing Date | Open until filled. |
| Demands, duties, qualifications | ABOUT NL HEALTH SERVICES We are a provincial health authority responsible for delivering quality health care to approximately 550,000 people in Newfoundland and Labrador. Supported by over 23,000 employees and physicians, our team works together to improve the health and well-being of every person, in every community. Guided by the vision of the Health Accord NL, we offer a range of health-care programs and services through a wide network of facilities, clinics, and community services across five zones: Central, Eastern-Rural, Eastern-Urban, Labrador-Grenfell, and Western. At NL Health Services, we believe that our people — employees, doctors and volunteers — make it a great place to work. Every individual brings valuable knowledge, experience and perspective. It is in this diversity that we find strength. We are committed to embracing the distinct and complementary characteristics of our members, as we seek to eliminate health disparities, and ensuring we provide fair, equitable and quality health care to everyone. If you are passionate about making a difference and providing exceptional health care, we want to hear from you. Join our team and be part of something extraordinary. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY The Surgical Services Perioperative Program of NL Health Services – Eastern Urban Zone invites applications for a full-time Cardiac Anesthesiologist at Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, NL, with a start date of June 20, 2026. The successful candidate will join a group of six (6) Cardiac Anesthesiologists at HSC, working with the entire group of 22 Anesthesiologists including cardiac. The Anesthesiologist will function as a key member of the perioperative team, responsible for the provision of anesthetic services to surgical patients. Practice will be at least 50% in the provision of cardiovascular anesthesia, with direct involvement in the care of patients pre- and post-operatively, including responsibility for pre-admission anesthesia clinics and post-operative pain management. Health Sciences Centre runs 14–16 operating rooms per day across the following surgical specialties: General, Cardiac, Neuro-Surgery, Plastic, Orthopedic, Gynecology/Gyne-ONC, Cath Lab, Neuro-Interventional Radiology, Ophthalmology, and Urology. Anesthesiologists also provide support to ECT, Endovascular Treatment of Stroke, and Acute Pain Services. On-call coverage averages two (2) times per month, with additional second-call coverage for APS, EVT, and second team averaging one to two times per month. Members of the Cardiac Anesthesia group provide specific coverage for cardiovascular anesthesia on call and transesophageal echocardiography for the perioperative program on call. Health Sciences Centre is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, providing opportunities to engage in educational experiences with anesthesia residents and undergraduate medical students. Work Environment St. John's is a vibrant, historic city on the eastern tip of North America, offering a warm and welcoming community, a thriving arts and culture scene, and easy access to the stunning natural landscapes of the Avalon Peninsula — including whale watching, hiking, and some of the most dramatic coastlines in Canada. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ QUALIFICATIONS
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ REMUNERATION Remuneration is Fee-For-Service in accordance with the Medical Care Plan (MCP) Fee Schedule. Available Incentives:
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