CRNA - Excellent Opportunity - To care for him who shall have borne the battle

Duties

The selected 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 that 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.
• Preoperative assessment of patients
• Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications.
• Deliver care in non-operating room settings throughout the facility to patients who may need care.
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of integrity, commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
• As privileged or as specified in the scope of practice and in accordance with skill, proficiency, and state licensure, the CRNA may provide the appropriate preoperative and postoperative anesthesia orders. CRNAs should maintain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration to independently prescribe controlled substances in the preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative settings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday 7:30M to 4:00PM

Qualifications

**Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist) Basic Requirements**

• **Education. A masters or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia. (Applicants pending the completion of educational requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until the education requirements are met.) Nursing education must be from a school of professional nursing anesthesia accredited by Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs (COA) at the time the program was completed by the applicant.**
• **Licensure and Certification.**

• The following licensure and certification requirements are considered conditions of employment.

  License. All APN (CNAs) must maintain an active, current, full and unrestricted license to practice as a CNA or equivalent, in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

• Basic Certification. All APN (CNAs) must maintain full and current certification by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) or an equivalent Nurse Anesthetist certification recognized by the COA.

About Department of Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is one of the nation’s largest integrated healthcare systems, dedicated to honoring and serving America’s Veterans through exceptional care, research, and support. Our physicians and healthcare professionals provide high-quality, evidence-based treatment across more than 1,300 facilities, helping Veterans lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. At VA, we offer rewarding careers where clinical excellence meets purpose, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on those who’ve served our country.