Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - Government Contract

Description

Contract Details

• This is a contract position to support the Augusta Veteran Affairs (VA) healthcare system at the Togus VA Medical Center, 1 VA Center, Augusta, ME 04330.
• Contract length: 1-year contracts with renewal up to 5 years.
• Full benefits through Valor to include medical, dental, vision, 401K with a match, time off, and more!
• Schedule: Regular weekday coverage typically consists of operating room (OR) coverage 6:30am - 3:00pm for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Call hours for CRNA’s are 3:00pm - 12a and 12a - 6:30am. Current operating room hours are 7 - 5:30 PM. 
• Off-hours Coverage: Contractor must make the contracted provider available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Please note: 

-On-call contracted provider must be available for emergency airway management and emergent OR cases.

-On-call contracted provider must be available within 15 minutes by phone and on-site, within 30 minutes.

Responsibilities 

• Manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional and general anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform postoperative evaluations as privileged by the MTF Credentials Committee. 
• Perform a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient. This includes obtaining an informed consent from the patient, requesting consultations and/or diagnostic studies and ordering pre-anesthetic medications. 
• Develop and implement an anesthetic plan of care. 
• Perform an assessment immediately prior to induction of anesthesia of the patient. This shall include a review of the medical record with regard to completeness, pertinent laboratory data, time of administration and dosage of pre-anesthesia medication, together with an appraisal of any changes in the patient's condition from that noted on previous visits. This note shall include any previous anesthetic experiences and complications thereof noted in the medical record. 
• Maintain the patient's physiologic homeostasis and corrects abnormal responses to the anesthesia and/or surgery. 
• Collect and interpret patient physiological data by selecting, applying or inserting noninvasive monitoring modalities. 
• Manage the patient's airway and pulmonary status. 
• Manage the patient's emergence and recovery from anesthesia by maintaining homeostasis, providing relief from pain and anesthesia side effects and preventing and managing complications through selecting, obtaining, ordering and administrating medications, fluids or ventilator support. 
• Record all pertinent events taking place during the introduction of, maintenance of and emergence from anesthesia, including the dosage and duration of all anesthetic agents, other drugs, intravenous fluids and blood or blood components on all patients that have received anesthesia care. 
• Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia related complications of the procedure. 

Requirements

• Education: Master's degree in nursing
• Accreditation: Graduate from an academic program, approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA)
• Current CRNA license to practice medicine in Maine. All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. 
• Active DEA license. 
• Board Certification: Contractor’s Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be always kept up to date. 
• At least 3 years of experience as a CRNA in a related setting. 
• Remain in active standing with VA credentialing and trainings. 
• Must be a US citizen. 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.