8-hour shifts

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The position is based at Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where the Nurse Anesthetist works mainly in the operating room, ancillary sites, and the preoperative clinic. The role serves a broad range of patients across ages and health conditions, and it excludes obstetrics, cardiac, and neurological cases.

The anesthetist provides independent, full-scope anesthesia care to surgical patients inside a military treatment facility. Duties include reviewing the clinical chart, recommending the appropriate anesthesia approach such as general, regional, local, or IV sedation, and administering anesthesia across a wide variety of procedures. The nurse selects the best technique and method for each case, recognizes emergencies and sudden changes in a patient's condition, alerts the surgeon, and calls on the perioperative and anesthesia teams for help when needed. The anesthetist carries complete responsibility for the techniques, medications, and equipment used. The role also includes taking part in educational activities that advance anesthesia nursing practice.

Scheduling is set by the posting's shift fields, with coverage that may fall on weekends or call as those fields indicate. This is a direct-hire opening. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Candidates need a graduate, bachelor's, associate, or diploma degree from a nursing program accredited by an recognized body, with transcripts attached to the application. A current, unrestricted professional nursing license, plus a license or registration in anesthesia or a related specialty, is required, along with passing the National Council Licensure Examination. Graduates of foreign nursing schools must hold a CGFNS certificate. Qualifying experience must come from paid or unpaid work and must include at least one full year of professional nursing practice that involved administering anesthesia, reviewing records before procedures, and monitoring vital signs for critical changes. Nurses or practical nurses already employed by the Department of War for at least a year may qualify through an exemption if they have earned a bachelor's or graduate nursing degree since starting that work.

The appointment carries a one-year probationary period and requires direct deposit of pay. Relocation or recruitment incentives may be authorized for strong candidates, and more than one position may be filled from this announcement. Pay includes locality pay or a local market supplement. Permanent change of station costs are not authorized.