<p>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.</p> <p>Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li>Collaborate with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients. </li><li>Foster high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff, as well as meet and exceed compliance standards. </li><li>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. </li><li>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. </li><li>Ensures anesthetic services delivered throughout the facility are of the highest quality to promote patient safety, satisfaction, and improve outcomes and efficiencies. </li><li>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. </li><li>Develops and implements evidence-based practices that are essential to the delivery of the highest quality anesthesia care. </li><li>Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications. </li></ul> <p>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 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) numbers and/or facility DEA numbers may independently prescribe controlled substances in the preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative settings.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory</p> <p>Work Schedule: Intermittent</p> <p>Compressed/Flexible: Not Available</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position. This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Functional Statement Title: Advanced Practice Nurse - Certified Nurse Anesthetist/CBSR-12842519-26-JD.</p> <p>Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.</p>