Position Overview

Understanding the Role

Community Medical Anesthesia Consultants is a physician-owned anesthesiology group recruiting full-time anesthesiologists to join a team of 32 physicians serving three hospitals in the Fresno area, all part of the Community Medical Centers network. The group operates under an exclusive anesthesia contract across these sites and provides coverage for operating rooms, obstetrics, and trauma. This is a production-based practice built for physicians who want autonomy and want their earnings to reflect the work they put in.

The group is hiring to keep pace with growing surgical volume across the system and to add coverage as several senior partners transition to part-time schedules. Openings include one cardiac anesthesiologist position and multiple general anesthesiology positions.

Why This Role Exists

• Surgical and procedural volume across the three hospitals continues to grow
• Several senior partners are moving to part-time schedules, increasing the need for full-time coverage
• The group wants to protect its post-call and time-off structure by adding physicians rather than stretching the current team

Practice Setting

• Physician-owned, 1099 independent contractor model
• Equal earning footing from day one, with no buy-in and no partnership track to complete
• Coverage across three Community Medical Centers hospitals: Community Regional Medical Center (downtown), Clovis Community Medical Center, and Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital
• Independent practice with no CRNA supervision; physicians manage their own cases
• Small group overhead handled through a contracted healthcare management company

Role Types

Qualifications

• Board eligibility in anesthesiology required
• Cardiac fellowship training required for the cardiac position
• Full-time commitment, defined as working every scheduled week outside of vacation weeks (roughly 44 weeks per year)

Work Schedule

• Approximately eight weeks of vacation per year, with the ability to pick up additional weeks when available
• Vacation scheduled a year in advance, with flexibility to trade weeks
• Daily room assignments released the day before, with physicians selecting rooms based on call position
• Monthly call schedule published about two months in advance through Amion

Supervisory Structure

• No CRNA supervision responsibilities
• The downtown site is covered by an independent subcontracted CRNA group; physicians serve as colleagues and backup support rather than supervisors
• No administrative or directorship duties attached to these positions

Interview and Contract Process

• Name clearance handled by the group after candidate submission
• Initial screening by phone with group leadership
• Optional site visit available to candidates who wish to tour the hospitals and meet the team; a virtual walkthrough can be arranged
• Preliminary credentialing packet followed by full credentialing, with a current turnaround of roughly one to two months
• Target readiness to start is approximately two months from packet initiation
• Employment carries a mutual 90-day notice policy for separation