Certified Nurse Anesthetist - Chief

Summary VA Puget Sound Healthcare System is a Level 1 major interdisciplinary teaching healthcare system with 2 divisions & multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC). It is considered the most complex VA healthcare system nationwide. VAPSHCS has Emergency services & a full complement of specialty medical - surgical - psychiatric - critical care - & rehabilitation service-lines.

Duties Duties include but are not limited to: 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 anesthetic 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 VAMC Develops and implements evidence-based practices that are essential to the delivery of the highest quality anesthesia care Prescribe appropriate preoperative - intra-operative and postoperative orders and medications Makes recommendations that may significantly affect the content - interpretation or development of VA policies or programs concerning critical matters or major issues within the anesthesia arena First line supervisor and administrative responsibility for nurse anesthesia staff (i.e. - performance reviews - Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE) - peer review) Administrative responsibility may extend to other healthcare professionals within the department Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity - Commitment - Advocacy - Respect - and Excellence Preferred Specialized Experience: Ability to assume progressive responsibility for planning organizing - directing - and evaluating section and departmental processes and programs Ability to supervise staff - students - or ancillary personnel and to ensure proper scheduling and staffing Ability to provide guidance and instruction in preparing others for positions of leadership and ethical practices which impact patient care Knowledge to engage in departmental resource stewardship - evaluation of staffing - equipment - and time value management Ability to interpret efficiency data as well as implement and evaluate cost-effective operational strategies Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks to enhance employee investment offering opportunities for staff leadership development 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: Monday - Friday 8:00a.m - 4:30p.m Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Uniform Allowance: Not Authorized #J-18808-Ljbffr