<p>The Advanced Practice Nurse (Certified Nurse Anesthetist) 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.</p> <p>Start, continue, or finish your career here | VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System(youtube.com)</p> <p>Major Duties:</p> <ul> <li>Collaborates with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients. </li><li>Fosters high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff, as well as meet and exceed compliance standards </li><li>Provides 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>Prescribes appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications. </li><li>Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence </li></ul> <p>VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards</p> <p>Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards</p> <p>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)</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory</p> <p>Work Schedule: 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, May include on call and over time as needed</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p>