Advanced Practice Nurse - Certified Nurse Anesthetist

Job Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CNA) is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). The CRNA provides a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The CRNA practices to the full extent of their education - training - and certification.

• The Chalmers P Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic in Columbus - Ohio is seeking to hire a part time CRNA - who reports to Surgery Service to serve Veterans at the main facility within the OR - GI procedural suites and Pre-Admission Testing clinic
• 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
• Develops and implements 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
• 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 with DEA numbers and/or facility DEA numbers may independently prescribe controlled substances in the preoperative - intraoperative - or postoperative settings
• Additional duties:
  Supervisory controls - demonstrated knowledge - skills - and abilities - customer services requirements - age - development - and cultural needs of patient’s requirement - computer security requirement - other significant information:
  This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments and may include other duties as assigned
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• Work Schedule:
  
  Intermittent Compressed/Flexible:
  Not Available
• Telework:
  Not Available
• Virtual:
  This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement
  
  Title:
  
  Advanced Practice Nurse - Certified Nurse Anesthetist/CBSR-JD
• Relocation/Recruitment
  
  Incentives:
  
  Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
  Not Authorized