Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Quick Facts

• Role: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

• Settings: Inpatient and outpatient anesthesia

• Schedule: Full time, 0700–1730 (tour subject to change)

Description

Provide the full range of anesthesia services with emphasis on quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the VA mission. You will administer anesthesia across local, regional, general, and monitored anesthesia types, including pre-anesthesia evaluation, induction/maintenance/emergence, post-anesthesia care, peri-anesthetic support, and emergency response. Practice within applicable statutes, nursing board rules, VHA directives, and your state scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to support patient care, safety, and welfare

• Deliver anesthetic services with high compliance, safety, and patient/staff satisfaction

• Perform pre-anesthesia evaluation and preparation; obtain and document informed anesthesia consent; complete patient history/physical

• Select and apply non-invasive and invasive monitoring modalities for continuous patient evaluation

• Develop and implement comprehensive, patient-specific anesthesia plans

• Provide preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative orders and medications within scope

• Detect and treat physiologic changes to maintain homeostasis

• Assess transfer-of-care appropriateness and communicate essential information to other providers

• Support patient positioning, physiologic monitoring, infection control, and anesthesia documentation

• Respond to emergencies with airway management, fluid/medication administration, invasive line management, and ACLS techniques

• Serve as a staff education resource; preceptor/adjunct faculty for trainees

• Implement evidence-based practices and support quality improvement efforts

• Embody a safety culture by recognizing risks and reporting unsafe conditions or errors

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contributions

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance (many can be carried into retirement)

Licensure/Certification Requirements (Key)

• Maintain active, unrestricted RN license

• Maintain NBCRNA certification (or COA-recognized equivalent)

• Maintain current BLS and ACLS certifications