Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist)

Job Title

Anesthesia Care Provider

Major 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.

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.

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.

Prescribes appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications.

Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence

Total Rewards Package

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: 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. For questions related to EDRP please contact the EDRP coordinator at Joshua Titensor, View phone number on click.appcast.io, View email address on click.appcast.io

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized