Overview Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently recruiting Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) to support the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center at 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030. If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers.
Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers success as if it is their own.
Responsibilities- Conducts and manages anesthesia for a broad range of complex surgical procedures.
- Adapts/modifies anesthesia techniques in order to optimize patient care.
- Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administration of emergency fluids and drugs, and by the use of basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques in order to perform necessary resuscitation procedures.
- Blends technology, skills, and competencies for the advancement of anesthesia techniques, pharmacology, and equipment.
- Applies new developments and theories to develop and demonstrate the ability to recognize and solve various complex anesthesia situations.
- Practice nurse anesthesia with colleagues and peers in a team concept of anesthesia care and blend management skills with technical experience.
- Recognize clinical and technical aspects of anesthesia care and has in-depth knowledge of anesthesia methods and techniques for the practice of anesthesia.
- Performs as a mentor, preceptor, or nurse educator providing didactic and clinical instruction for graduate-level nurse anesthesia students and/or other anesthesia care providers.
- Participates in the development of anesthesia patient care audit processes involving in depth review and analysis of anesthesia records.
- Provides guidance and instruction in preparing others for positions of leadership and ethical practices which impact patient care.
Qualifications- Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a state, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Perto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
- Must have a degree in nursing from a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate state accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: (a) The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), an accrediting arm of the National League for Nursing; or (b) The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), an accrediting arm of the American Association of colleges of Nursing (AACN). (c) In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a Certificate from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) will meet the requirement of graduation from approved school of professional nursing. -OR- (2) Graduate of an accredited nurse anesthesia educational program approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
- Must be able to pass a federal background investigation.
