CRNA: Advanced Anesthesia & Patient Care Leader

Department of Veterans Affairs; Forest Park (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Federal health/vision/dental insurance

Traditional federal pension

401K with up to 5% VA contributions

Job summary

Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States seeks a certified registered nurse anesthetist to deliver anesthesia across operating and non-operating room settings. You will collaborate with health care professionals to ensure patient safety, quality outcomes, and care satisfaction.

Responsibilities include preoperative assessment, anesthesia planning, induction, maintenance, emergence, postoperative care, and teaching preceptors.

Qualifications

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• 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 that 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.
• Preoperative assessment of patients
• Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications.
• Deliver care in non-operating room settings throughout the facility to patients who may need care.
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
• 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 should maintain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration to independently prescribe controlled substances in the preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative settings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States seeks a certified registered nurse anesthetist to deliver anesthesia across operating and non-operating room settings. You will collaborate with health care professionals to ensure patient safety, quality outcomes, and care satisfaction.

Responsibilities include preoperative assessment, anesthesia planning, induction, maintenance, emergence, postoperative care, and teaching preceptors.