Summary

Nurse Anesthesia is an advanced clinical nursing specialty based upon a graduate level curriculum focused on development of clinical judgment and critical thinking. CRNAs are qualified to render patients insensible to pain and emotional stress during surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic and invasive procedures utilizing general and regional anesthesia and all levels of sedation techniques. A recruitment/relocation incentive is NOT authorized for this position.

Duties

• VISN 12 is committed to fostering and sustaining an environment which provides equitable opportunities for employment and promotion
• Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that promote professional growth and teamwork
• We embrace our differences as individuals and unite as a team toward a common goal: to serve our nation's Veterans
• The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CNA) is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
• The CRNA provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission
• The CRNA practices to the full extent of their education, training, and certification
• Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges or scope of practice that correspond with this position and determined locally within the limits of the individual's state license and the local VA Medical Center (VAMC) bylaws
• The CRNA provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management
• The CRNA administers anesthesia in both inpatient and outpatient settings to patients of all health complexities
• The aspects of practice include direct patient care, administration, education, and research activities
• Major duties and responsibilities of the position: - Collaborate with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients
• - Foster high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff, as well as meet and exceed compliance standards
• - Provide anesthetic services within five general categories to include: pre-anesthesia evaluation and preparation
• anesthesia induction, maintenance, and emergence
• post anesthesia care
• peri-anesthetic and clinical support functions
• and emergency response techniques
• - Develops and implements a comprehensive anesthesia plan of care for patients requiring local, regional, general, and monitored anesthesia both inside and outside the Operating Room (OR) suite
• - Ensures anesthetic services delivered throughout the facility are of the highest quality to promote patient safety, satisfaction, and improve outcomes and efficiencies
• - Functions as resource for staff education and is willing to be a preceptor and adjunct clinical faculty for health care trainees rotating through the facility
• - Develops and implements evidence-based practices that are essential to the delivery of the highest quality anesthesia care
• - Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications
• - Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Full Time 1.0 FTEE / 40 Hours Weekly, Monday-Friday 8 hour days
• Call is REQUIRED
• Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized