Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Anesthetist)

Duties

• Collaborates with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care - safety - and welfare of patients
• Fosters high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff - as well as meet and exceed compliance standards
• Administers anesthesia in both inpatient and outpatient settings to patients of all health complexities
• 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 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

Qualifications

• Current certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
• Current licensure as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) in South Dakota
• Current certification as a Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CNA)
• Current registration as a Nurse Anesthetist (RN-CA) in South Dakota

Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Strong clinical judgment and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of anesthesia protocols and procedures
• Experience with anesthesia equipment and monitoring systems

Benefits

• 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)

Pay

• Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

• Intermittent - Monday - Friday - 7:00am - 3:30pm