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Lead Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) IV Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CNA) Lead is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) who demonstrates effectiveness in coordinating and managing interdisciplinary collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to optimize the care of patients under their purview.
What You'll Do
- →The CRNA IV Lead 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 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.
- →Develop and implement evidence-based practices that are essential to the delivery of the highest quality anesthesia care.
- →Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications.
- →Facilitate development and implementation of a strategic plan for anesthesia services within the VISN.
- →Participate in regular VISN conference calls that include anesthesia leadership from each VISN VA medical facility to ensure transparency of information and evaluate critical anesthesia events at time of a VAMC report.
- →Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
- →Preferred Experience: Leadership and administrative experience.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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