Advanced Practice Nurse - CRNA

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, is seeking an Advanced Practice Nurse Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to administer anesthesia in inpatient and outpatient settings for patients with varied health complexities.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, anesthesia planning, preoperative and postoperative orders, and potential teaching roles as a preceptor or clinical faculty.

Qualifications

• Duties include collaboration with health care professionals to ensure safe, effective care.
• Develop anesthesia plans for local, regional, general, and monitored anesthesia.
• Provide anesthesia services with emphasis on patient safety and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with health care professionals to achieve goals for care, safety and welfare.
• Providing anesthetic services across induction, maintenance and emergence.
• Delivering post-anesthesia care and peri-anesthetic support.
• Prescribing appropriate preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative orders.
• Working Monday to Friday, 6:30AM to 3:00PM; telework may be ad hoc.

Job description

Summary

This is an open continuous announcement until September 30 - 2026. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. Announcement may be closed earlier if no longer needed. The Advanced Practice Nurse Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CNA) 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.

Duties

• Duties include but are not limited to: Collaborating with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care - safety - and welfare of patients
• Providing 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
• Developing and implementing a comprehensive anesthesia plan of care for patients requiring local - regional - general - and monitored anesthesia both inside and outside the Operating Room (OR) suite
• Ensuring anesthetic services delivered throughout the facility are of the highest quality to promote patient safety - satisfaction - and improve outcomes and efficiencies
• Functioning as resource for staff education and is willing to be a preceptor and adjunct clinical faculty for health care trainees rotating through the facility
• Prescribing appropriate preoperative - intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 6:30AM to 3:00PM
• Telework: Ad hoc telework may be available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized
• Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards