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General Information

Location
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
2900 W Oklahoma Ave Milwaukee, WI 53215
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Care Delivery Brand
Aurora Health Care
Compensation
Critical Care : hourly salary range is $234.07 - $292.58 Anesthesia: $215,000-$215,000 for 0.5 FTE

Description & Requirements

Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the country is seeking Anesthesia Critical Care physician to join our team at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.
Highlights
  • Full-time, split position - 50% time in critical care, 50% time in anesthesia
  • Critical Care: 
    • 30-bed CVICU 
    • Largest cardiac surgical program in Wisconsin 
    • Seven 12-hour shifts per month 
    • Post-op cardiac surgery including CABG, off-pump CAB, valve surgery, aortic surgery, and heart transplantation 
    • Advanced heart failure and mechanical circulatory support devices 
    • Thoracic surgery
    • Vascular surgery
    •  ECMO (VV and VA) 
  • General Anesthesia: 
    • Ninety-five-day shifts and 20 late shifts (no overnights and no weekends)
    • Outstanding variety and the full breadth of cases from routine to complex. No OB, trauma or peds are required for anesthesia.
    • Established cardiac and abdominal transplant programs
    • Opportunity to do some of your own cases with some medical direction of lower risk cases
    • Some cases may be done at our new surgery center, just minutes from the hospital
    • Position offers flexibility - you create the scheduled that fits your lifestyle
  • Be part of an integrated nationally recognized organization with a physician-led medical group and embedded service line
  • Leverage access to DAX Copilot, an AI-powered clinical documentation tool integrated with Epic, streamlining clinical workflows by generating draft patient notes for efficient review, editing, and signature
  • Experience an environment that provides safe and equitable care for all patients
  • EPIC EMR System: Advocate Health, as the nation’s largest EPIC user, ensures an optimized EMR system
Training and/or Experience Required
  • Prior clinical experience or training with mechanical circulatory devices such as VA/VV ECMO, LVAD, Impella, IABP.
  • Prior clinical experience or training in the management of post-op Cardiac surgical patients, preferably including heart transplant patients.
  • Prior training and experience with transthoracic echocardiography. TEE training or experience is desirable.
  • Residency training in Anesthesia required and Cardiac Anesthesia is desirable
  • Fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine is required.
  • Board-eligibility or board-certification in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Advanced Peri-operative Transesophageal Echocardiography (desirable)
Benefits
  • Student loan forgiveness plus sign on bonus
  • Paid Time Off programs for eligible positions
  • Health and welfare benefits such as health, dental, vision, life and Short- and Long-Term Disability 
  • 401(k) plan with up to 3% employer match, in addition to a 3% company contribution for a total employer contribution of up to 6% and other financial wellness programs
  • Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses 
  • Family benefits such as parental leave, adoption assistance and surrogacy assistance 
  • Educational Assistance Program
  • Paid medical liability insurance
  • CME allowance
  • Relocation assistance up to $12,000
About Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a university-affiliated training program for residents and fellows in select medical, surgical, and radiology specialties. We are a clinical site for anesthesia and medical critical care fellows.

The tertiary critical care practice supports the Milwaukee-based TRIUMPH program for the University of Wisconsin medical students. The Aurora Critical Care Service (ACCS) is integrated into the residency training programs and is engaged in training medical and anesthesia critical care fellows. Several faculties have externally funded research and actively contribute to the peer-reviewed literature.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.

Job Attributes
  • Full Time
  • New Grad
  • Part Time
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Sign On Bonus
  • Student Loan Forgiveness eligible