Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Quick Facts

• Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist/CRNA)
• Provides comprehensive anesthesia services across the full peri-anesthesia continuum
• May be eligible for VA Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) (application required within 4 months of appointment)

Description

Provide anesthesia care within pre-anesthesia evaluation and preparation, induction, maintenance, emergence, and post-anesthesia care, including peri-anesthetic support and emergency response. Develop and implement evidence-based, patient-specific anesthesia plans for local, regional, general, and monitored anesthesia both inside and outside the operating room. Serve as a resource for staff education and may act as a preceptor/adjunct clinical faculty for trainees.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals to achieve care, safety, and welfare goals
• Deliver high-quality anesthesia services to promote patient safety, satisfaction, and improved outcomes/efficiencies
• Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative orders and medications
• Obtain, document, and verify informed anesthesia consent and perform pre-anesthetic history/physical
• Detect and manage anesthesia- or surgery-related physiologic changes to maintain homeostasis
• Respond to emergency situations (airway management, fluids/medications, invasive lines, ACLS)
• Participate in infection control, patient positioning, physiologic monitoring, and anesthesia documentation
• Support quality improvement, auditing, and evidence-based practice
• Mentor/precept trainees and contribute to educational mission and interdisciplinary guidelines

Requirements

• Master’s or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia from a COA-accredited program
• Full, unrestricted licensure and active, current certification as required (NBCRNA or equivalent recognized by COA)
• U.S. citizenship; English proficiency; pass background/security investigation and pre-employment physical
• Complete onboarding and required pre-employment steps (including required testing/identification processes)
• Seasonal influenza vaccination participation

Benefits

• Competitive salary with potential performance awards; regular salary increases
• Paid time off (50 days/year: annual leave, sick leave, and Federal holidays)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K (up to 5% VA contribution)
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory
• Rotating shifts including days, nights, weekends, and holidays; compressed/flexible schedules authorized
• Relocation/recruitment incentives may be authorized; EDRP authorized (up to $200,000 over 1–5 years, eligibility and award determined by VHA program office)