Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Sanford Federal Inc.
is a global defense solution provider based in Virginia, working with the U.
S.
government and its allies to deliver comprehensive solutions with a focus on effectiveness and security.
Through all the strategic business units, Sanford Federal delivers defense solutions and provides professional services, construction & infrastructure, and security & military products & services.
*Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist:* *Location: St.
Cloud VA Health Care System, 4801 Veterans Drive, St.
Cloud, MN 56303.
* *Schedule: Full-time (40hrs/Week), Monday through Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm.
* *Job Overview:* Sanford Federal is recruiting a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist for a full-time position at the St.
Cloud VA Health Care System (STCVAHCS) Department of Veteran Affairs.
*Qualifications:* *License:* * Graduate from an approved School of Nursing and hold an unencumbered current state licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.
* Applicant shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property.
* All licenses shall be full and unrestricted licenses.
Applicants who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this work.
*Board Certification: *Nurse Anesthetist must have and maintain certification by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists.
*Technical Proficiency:* * Applicants shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government’s requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.
* Provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history * Be responsible for abiding by the Facility's Medical Staff By-Laws, rules, and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.
*Training (ACLS, BLS, EHR and VA MANDATORY): *Applicantsshall meet all VA educational requirements and mandatory course requirements; all training must be completed by the applicants as required by the VA.
Other training may become required.
VA will communicate any changes to the training requirement.
*Responsibilities and Duties:* * Practicing as an independent CRNA/anesthesia provider * Provision of care in surgical procedure * Perform and document a preanesthetic evaluation of the patient before surgery including requesting consultations, additional diagnostic and/or laboratory studies.
* Initiation of the planned anesthetic technique that may include general, regional, MAC, or local anesthesia.
Interventions include administration of fluids, medications, ventilator support, provision of homeostasis, provision of adequate pain relief and management of anesthesia and surgical side effects.
* Induction of general anesthesia and initial airway management.
* Endotracheal intubation for surgical or procedural cases.
* Peripheral nerve blocks.
* Central neuraxial blocks.
* Adjustment of anesthetic drugs and techniques utilized in the maintenance of anesthesia.
* Sedation for field blocks or MAC as discussed in the anesthetic care plan.
* Manages emergence from anesthesia.
* Provide anesthetic for: ICD checks.
* Administer sedation or local anesthesia to facilitate urgent/emergent endotracheal intubation.
* Placement of intravenous lines throughout the facility, as requested.
* Participation in staff meetings, mortality and morbidity conferences and other committees as assigned by the SSC leadership.
* Maintains anesthesia equipment in constant readiness and cleans equipment in accordance with hospital guidelines, SOPs, manufacturer’s recommendations, and CDC guidelines.
* Prepares drugs properly for use in anesthesia administration per department SOP.
* Ensures that OR/anesthesia safety regulations and procedures and infection control policies and procedures are observed.
* Complies with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals * Fully complies with medical center Correct Site/Universal Protocol requirements, including pausing activities during pre-operative time-out.
* Complies with VA and Joint Commission documentation requirements.
* Labels specimens according to medical center policy * Participates in continuous improvement activities.
* Participates in outcomes evaluation and recommendations for practice improvements.
* Conducts in-service programs for the department and other services within the medical center.
* Applicants care shall cover the range of Anesthesiology services as would be provided in a state-of the-art health care facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceedingly currently recognized national standards as established by: * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Guidelines: _https://www.
asahq.
org/standards-and-guidelines_ .
* The professional standards of the Joint Commission (TJC) _https://www.
jointcommission.
org/standards\_information/standards.
aspx_ .
* The standards of the American Hospital Association (AHA) _https://www.
hpoe.
org/resources?show=100&type=8_.
Job Types: Contract, Part-time, Full-time Pay: From $250,000.
00 per year Healthcare setting: * Clinic * Hospital Medical specialties: * Anesthesiology Work Location: In person