Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist)

About the role

This position provides 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. It also involves collaborating with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients.

Responsibilities

• Fosters high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff, as well as meet and exceed compliance standards
• 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 a 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
• Prescribes appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence

Requirements

To be considered as an internal candidate to the Department of Veteran Affairs please refer to the Required Documents below.

Qualifications

Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist)

• Education: Masters or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia from a school of professional nursing anesthesia accredited by COA at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
• Licensure and Certification: Full and current certification by NBCRNA or an equivalent Nurse Anesthetist certification recognized by COA.
• Experience: One year of specialized APN (CNA) experience equivalent to the APN (CNA) II grade level.

Benefits

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: 0700-1700, May include on call and over time as needed
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (1 to 5 years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.