Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist — CRNA, Atlanta VA Healthcare System – Metro Atlanta, GA

Location:

Atlanta VA Healthcare System – Metro Atlanta, Georgia

Work Arrangement:
Onsite

Schedule:

To be determined

Position Type:
Government contract opportunity

Rie Les Group is seeking experienced Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to support anesthesia services within the Atlanta VA Healthcare System. The CRNA will provide safe, high-quality anesthesia care to Veterans undergoing surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures.

Candidates must currently reside within the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area and be available to report onsite as required. This is not intended to be a travel or relocation position.

The final schedule, period of performance, procedural volume, call requirements, and specific clinical assignments will be confirmed upon receipt of the Government’s Statement of Work.

• Conducting pre-anesthesia assessments, including reviewing medical histories, laboratory results, diagnostic testing, medications, and patient risk factors
• Developing and implementing individualized anesthesia plans
• Administering general, regional, local, and monitored anesthesia care within the CRNA’s approved privileges or scope of practice
• Managing airways and responding to anesthesia-related emergencies
• Continuously monitoring patient oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, temperature, and overall condition
• Administering medications, intravenous fluids, blood products, and other therapies associated with anesthesia care
• Providing post-anesthesia evaluation and supporting safe patient transfer to the appropriate recovery area
• Maintaining complete and timely documentation in the VA’s electronic health record and anesthesia documentation systems
• Participating in patient-safety, quality-improvement, peer-review, and infection-control activities
• Collaborating with anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses, technicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
• Complying with all VA policies, clinical protocols, credentialing requirements, and facility medical staff bylaws

Candidates must possess:

• A master’s or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs at the time of graduation
• Current certification through the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists
• An active, current, full, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse and/or nurse anesthetist in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
• Current Basic Life Support certification
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Recent clinical experience providing anesthesia services in an acute-care hospital, operating room, ambulatory surgery, or procedural setting
• Ability to successfully complete VA credentialing, privileging or scope-of-practice approval, background screening, occupational-health clearance, and required training
• Ability to meet applicable vaccination, infection-control, patient-safety, and health-screening requirements
• Ability to provide professional liability insurance when required by the resulting contract
• Current residence within the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area
• Reliable transportation and the ability to report onsite according to the assigned schedule

• Two or more years of recent CRNA experience
• Previous experience working within a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility
• Experience caring for medically complex, surgical, and geriatric patient populations
• Experience with electronic anesthesia records and VA electronic health record systems
• Experience in general surgery, orthopedics, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, urology, vascular procedures, or other hospital-based specialties
• Experience providing regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, or emergency airway management, subject to the privileges granted by the Atlanta VA
• Availability for full-time, part-time, PRN, extended-hour, weekend, or on-call coverage, depending on the Government’s final requirements

• Current resume or curriculum vitae
• Copies of current RN and CRNA licenses
• Current NBCRNA certification
• BLS and ACLS certifications
  
  Nurse-anesthesia diploma or degree information
• At least three professional references
• Confirmation of current Metro Atlanta residency
• Availability and preferred work schedule