Effingham Hospital - Full-Time - Anesthesiologist
Listed compensation
$550K
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Job Description
Role Overview
Summary of Job: NorthStar is looking for an Anesthesiologist to join our team at Effingham Hospital! 5 days/week, no nights, no call, no weekends, no holidays. Surgery center style job. Small critical access hospital with 2 ORs. Mainly medical direction, perform own cases 25% of the time. Cases: Bread & Butter, Ortho, GI, Eyes. Block proficiency required. Compensation: $550,000 PTO: 8 weeks
About The Facility
Facility Description
- 25-bed critical access hospital
- Supported by over 450 employees
- The Level IV Trauma Center, treats over 18,000 patients a year
- Our ER is staffed by Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Specialists
- The in-hospital Surgery Center performs over 2,000 annual surgeries
- Over 1,000 da Vinci Robotic Surgeries have been performed at EHS to-date
- Outpatient Imaging Center includes an In-House MRI and 64-Slice CT Scan capabilities
- Four Effingham Family Medicine locations and our Women’s Health practice serve 22,000 patients, with a 97% patient approval rating
- Pediatric services and school-based telemedicine provide care close to home for local children
- Location: Springfield, GA
About NorthStar
NorthStar Anesthesia is a company of caregivers, founded by an anesthesiologist and a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).
With more than 4,000 anesthesiologists and CRNAs under its banner, NorthStar partners with more than 280 health care client sites across more than 20 states and counting to deliver a more productive and efficient model of anesthesia care.
Its "care team" approach focuses on the provision of high-quality care while measurably improving operating room performance.
Key Responsibilities
Provide medical direction and perform anesthesia cases for bread and butter, ortho, GI, and eye surgeries. Manage anesthesia care within a small critical access hospital environment.
Requirements
Must be a qualified Anesthesiologist with proficiency in blocks. Ability to work 5 days a week in a surgery center style setting is required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Anesthesiology — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Anesthesiology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 75% have no call, 57% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$550k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $571k in an average-cost state. 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.5 / 10 · top 5% in anesthesiology | ranked against 784 Anesthesiology listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $550k | Anesthesiology median $525k (middle half $475k–$588k)279 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$571k in purchasing power | Georgia index 96.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Anesthesiology listings in Georgia | 23 active | 790 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 5% remote · 75% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia Physician listings: 28% state a sign-on bonus (median $75k) · 9% offer loan repayment575 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Anesthesiology hiring demand | #15 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 53 days · 26% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 184 postings, 184 closed |
| New Anesthesiology listings | 290 in the last 30 days | 275 the 30 days before (+5%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Anesthesiology pay trend | −2.8% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Effingham Hospital - Full-Time - Anesthesiologist at NorthStar Anesthesia a 8.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Anesthesiology — ranked against 784 active Anesthesiology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
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