Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - Indianapolis, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The Richard L. Roudebush, Indianapolis, Indiana VA Medical Center is seeking a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to work at our facility. THE CRNA staff provide anesthesia care coverage within a variety of clinical settings in the OR and throughout the hospital in satellite sites such as GI, EBUS, XRAY, MRI, CT, Dental, Cath Lab and Pulmonary.

Duties

VA Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana and Michigan (VISN 10) advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS (CRNA)To provide anesthesia care coverage within a variety of clinical settings, participate in on-call coverage, and contribute to the clinical education of nurse anesthesia students.

- Duties Include but are not limited to

• Assessment, consultation and preparation of stable, critically ill, injured, or otherwise seriously ill patients in a collaborative relationship with physician anesthesia providers. Pre-anesthesia care requirements must include documentation that the risks and benefits of anesthesia were discussed, and the patient has agreed to the planned anesthetic and procedures. Other elements include review of medical record; interviewing and examining the patient; obtaining or reviewing tests and consultations necessary to the conduct of anesthesia; and determining the appropriate prescription of pre-operative medications as necessary to the conduct of anesthesia.
• Provision of a broad range of anesthetic techniques (general, total intravenous anesthesia, regional blockade, MAC/local) to render varying degrees of sedation, comfort, and insensibility to pain during surgical, non-surgical therapeutic, palliative, and diagnostic procedures in a variety of settings such as Cardiac Cath, Gastroenterology (GI), Radiology, Psychiatry, Pulmonary, and Emergency departments.
• Monitoring of patients during the anesthetic, perioperative or periprocedural period using the VA anesthesia record keeping system (ARK) and electronic health records (VISTA, CPRS). Qualified anesthesia health care personnel must be present in the room throughout the conduct of all general anesthetics, regional anesthetics, and monitored anesthesia care. During all anesthetics, the patient's oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, and temperature must be continually evaluated. For body temperature, this means continual monitoring when clinically significant changes in body temperature are intended, anticipated, or suspected.
• Performing a time-out before all regional anesthesia, wherever it occurs is a mandatory part of safe, high quality patient
• Assisting in the clinical management of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and difficult airway management between other departments such as the Intensive Care Units and Emergency Department
• Evaluation of respiratory function and application of respiratory therapy in a range of techniques that may include fiberoptic, video-laryngoscopic and transtracheal devices.
• Supervision, teaching, and evaluation of the performance of medical, nursing, and allied health care personnel in anesthesia, pain medicine, respiratory, and critical care who come to the OR for training
• Conducting and collaborating in research projects at the clinical and basic science level when conducive to perioperative throughput
• Administrative and leadership involvement in hospital activities, committees, medical, and nursing school affiliations.
• Perioperative data collection and monitoring of quality indicators.
• All other duties as assigned.

CRNA staff report to the Chief CRNA and Chief Anesthesiologist of the Anesthesia Section. Matters related to the clinical supervision of students are managed by the departmental Clinical Coordinator.

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

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)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

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

Work Schedule:

• Full time
• 80 per two week pay period
• Monday through Friday 7am to 3:30pm; or 4-10 hour shifts, 7am -5:30pm
• NO ON CALL

Compressed: Authorized

Telework: Not authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required