Advanced Practice Nurse - Certified Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA

Summary

The VA New Mexico Healthcare System is seeking a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CNA) to serve in our Anesthesiology Department at the Raymond G Murphy Medical Center in Albuquerque - New Mexico. The CNA provides a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The CNA practices to the full extent of their education - training - and certification.

The CNA provides advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management.

• 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
• Develop and implement a comprehensive anesthesia plan of care for patients requiring local, regional, general, and monitored anesthesia both inside and outside the Operating Room (OR) suite
• Ensure anesthetic services delivered throughout the facility are of the highest quality to promote patient safety, satisfaction, and to improve outcomes and efficiencies
• Function as a resource for staff education and 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
• Exemplify the ICARE core values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence

• VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5-year vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contribution
• Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure: One full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, variable hours from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., swing shifts
• Telework: Not available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) – a student loan payment reimbursement program

• Must hold a full and unrestricted nurse anesthetist license in the United States
• Compliance with VHA eligibility requirements and submission of an EDRP application within four months of start date is required to qualify for incentive
• Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply for incentive