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Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist)-Intermittent
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)) provides comprehensive, specialized anesthesia care to Veterans. The CRNA performs pre-anesthesia assessments, develops and implements individualized anesthesia care plans, administers and manages anesthesia, continuously monitors patients, and provides post-anesthesia and acute pain management. The CRNA provides anesthesia services for surgical and diagnostic procedures, including procedures at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
What You'll Do
- →**This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until November 10, 2026.
- →The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be September 25, 2026 with subsequent cut-off dates every 2 weeks.
- →Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.** The CRNA collaborates with anesthesiologists, surgeons, proceduralists, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based, and Veteran-centered care.
- →The position requires sound clinical judgment in managing patients with varying levels of medical complexity and responding appropriately to changes in patient condition and perioperative emergencies.
- →Duties include: Performs comprehensive pre-anesthesia assessments, including review of the Veteran's medical history, medications, allergies, laboratory and diagnostic results, physical status, and surgical/procedural needs.
- →Develops individualized anesthesia plans of care based on the patient's condition, procedure, risk factors, and clinical needs.
- →Provides anesthesia services for inpatient and outpatient surgical and procedural patients.
- →Administers and manages general, regional, local, intravenous, and monitored anesthesia care/sedation, within the provider's approved scope of practice and clinical privileges.
- →Performs anesthesia induction, maintenance, emergence, and recovery while continuously assessing the patient's physiologic response.
- →Selects and administers appropriate anesthetic agents, analgesics, adjunct medications, intravenous fluids, and other medications necessary for safe anesthesia care.
- →Establishes and maintains appropriate non-invasive and invasive monitoring to continuously evaluate cardiovascular, respiratory, neurologic, and other physiologic parameters.
- →Performs and manages airway assessment and management, including intubation, ventilation, extubation, and emergency airway interventions as clinically indicated.
- →Recognizes and promptly manages changes in the patient's condition, anesthesia-related complications, and other perioperative emergencies.
- →Provides emergency response, including airway management, resuscitation, and BLS/ACLS interventions when required.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓English Language Proficiency.
- ✓In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
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