Chief Anesthesiologist | Becker's Top 150 Places To Work In Healthcare -2024-

**Take the next step in your career as Chief Anesthesiologist in Columbus, GA!**

Sound is seeking an energetic Chief to join our partnership with Piedmont Columbus Regional – Midtown Campus! Piedmont is ideally looking for someone who wants to partner with the Chief of Surgery, nursing staff, CMO, and COO to continue to grow the services offered to the Columbus and surrounding communities.

We believe in bringing “better” to our local community in Columbus—better care, better collaboration, and a deep commitment to the people we serve. We’d love to talk if you’re looking for a role that supports your professional growth and connection to a vibrant community.

Local Team Collaboration:

• Join our close-knit team of six physicians and twenty-eight CRNAs at Piedmont Columbus Midtown.
• Work alongside our diverse, cohesive team driven by a shared mission to support one another genuinely.
• Founded in 1836, Piedmont Columbus Regional is a leading healthcare provider in west Georgia, serving the Columbus, Ga. area with a network of health and medical services through its two hospital campuses.

Qualifications:

• Board certified/eligible in anesthesia.
• Experience in leadership or supervisory roles.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

**Practice in the Heart of the Community**

Flexible Scheduling:

• We offer a healthy work-life balance.
• Physicians will split a mixture of 8, 10, and 12-hour shifts, mainly a Monday–Friday schedule with one weekend per month.
• Every 4th week off. 13 weeks off annually.
• No call.
• No nights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical leadership and administrative oversight for the Anesthesiology team.
• Ensure compliance with departmental policies, procedures, and accreditation standards.
• Develop and implement protocols to maintain best practices in anesthesia care.
• Manage level II trauma patients, OB/GYN, pediatrics, neuro, orthopedic, and general.
• We have a full-staffed, dedicated OB CRNA team that is the primary call-taking clinician for anything OB-related.  This gives the physician more breathing room to cover the main OR and any emergency case that comes in.
• Manage department scheduling, ensuring optimal staff coverage for surgical and non-surgical anesthesia services.
• Stay current on advancements in anesthesia practices and lead continuing education efforts for the team.

Living and Working in Columbus

• Located on the Georgia/Alabama border, Columbus offers a big city with a small-town feel. It is the second largest city in Georgia after Atlanta, but boasts a more affordable housing market in the city and the surrounding areas.
• Love the outdoors? Columbus has ample running trails as well as a beautiful Uptown district boasting many restaurants and outdoor parks for your furry friends!

**Purpose-Driven Work with Local Impact**

About Sound Physicians

As a physician-founded and led medical group, we believe that a better career—one with strong support and meaningful opportunity—leads to better care for patients. That’s why our promise is to bring better to the bedside: better ideas, better approaches, better care.

We practice hospital-based medicine at the community level, with empowered local teams and leadership supported by a nationwide network. Our multi-specialty medical group includes more than 4,000 physicians, advanced practice providers, CRNAs, and nurses working across 400 hospitals in 45 states.

At Sound, each of us is a care catalyst—creating exceptional clinical partnerships that unlock quality, affordable, and dignified care for every patient. We offer greater autonomy, flexibility, and support in your role and within your specialty, so you can focus on building meaningful connections across teams and communities.

Uncompromising care is a collective effort. While our clinicians provide care at the bedside, our business colleagues play a vital role—building strong teams, forming key partnerships, attracting great talent, and keeping operations running smoothly. Their work ensures our clinicians can stay focused on what matters most: caring for patients.

We are unified by purpose and driven by impact. With competitive total rewards and opportunities for purposeful growth and focused development, we empower you in your role and career. Together, we support our patients, our partners, and each other.