W-2 full-time

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This Veterans Affairs role for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist centers on delivering a full range of services that prioritize quality, timely access, and the mission of the VA. The anesthetist practices to the full extent of their training, education, and certification.

Responsibilities include independently managing a panel of patients with acute and chronic conditions, with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention grounded in evidence-based practice. The position involves designing and carrying out individualized plans for population health and disease management, and providing leadership while working alongside the Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary colleagues. Duties also cover ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing drug and non-drug treatments, making specialty referrals, educating patients and their families, and revising care plans as needed. The role calls for living the ICARE values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, and excellence.

The VA total rewards package includes a competitive salary with regular raises and possible performance awards. Employees receive 50 days of paid time off each year, made up of 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays. Retirement includes a traditional federal pension vesting after 5 years and a federal 401K with VA contributions of up to 5%. Insurance options include federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care coverage, and many of these programs can be kept into retirement.

The role is full-time on a day schedule, with no telework option and no virtual component; it is performed on site. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station moves are not authorized. Licensure requires one full, unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory.

Candidates need a post-master's certificate or a master's or doctoral degree as a nurse practitioner from a professional nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE. Those still completing their degree may be referred and tentatively selected but cannot be hired until the requirement is met. Graduates of foreign programs must have their degree validated by an agency-recognized equivalency service, and candidates with equivalent degrees who hold current, full, unrestricted registration and certification may also qualify.

An active, unrestricted APN license in a U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia is mandatory, along with full, current board certification in a clinical specialty from ANCC, AANPCB, or another nationally recognized certifying body. For the entry Nurse II level, no prior experience is needed, and a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician appointment of up to one year and a day is available to candidates who lack the license or certification.

Eligibility also requires U.S. citizenship, except where qualified citizens cannot be recruited, along with proficiency in spoken and written English, a background check, urinalysis drug screening, a pre-employment physical, and the seasonal influenza vaccination. Selective Service registration applies to males born after 12/31/1959, and a REAL ID-compliant form of identification is needed. The position is in the Excepted Service, does not confer competitive status, and may carry a probationary period.