About this opportunity
Department of Veterans Affairs lists this CRNA opportunity in wilmington, Delaware. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Duties
Major duties and responsibilities of the position:
Collaborate with a variety of health care professionals to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients.
Foster high levels of confidence and satisfaction among patients and staff, as well as meet and exceed compliance standards.
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.
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.
Ensures that services delivered throughout the facility are of the highest quality to promote patient safety, satisfaction, and improve outcomes and efficiencies.
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.
Develops and implements evidence-based practices that are essential to the delivery of the highest quality anesthesia care.
Preoperative assessment of patients
Prescribe appropriate preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications.
Deliver care in non-operating room settings throughout the facility to patients who may need care.
Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
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 should maintain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration to independently prescribe controlled substances in the preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative settings.
Other duties as assigned.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
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, Monday-Friday 7:30M to 4:00PM
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Available
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized
Worksite address
wilmington, DE, 19805, US
Who can apply
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