Advanced Practice Nurse; ANESTHETIST

Overview

Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH) at Fort Riley is uniquely located in the rolling Flint Hills region of Northeast Kansas. Nestled between Junction City and Manhattan, the local area offers outdoor activities with opportunities to fish, hike, swim, and explore. Manhattan provides access to BigXII college sports and entertainment at Kansas State University, travel through Manhattan Regional Airport or Kansas City International Airport, and has been recognized for quality of life by multiple outlets.

Join #TeamIACH, your home in the Flint Hills; making Fort Riley the best place in the Army for Soldiers to live, train, deploy from, and come home to.

Our civilian team members are eligible for full federal benefits packages which include:

• 401k (TSP, 5% match)
• Retirement pension (FERS, five years to be vested)
• Health, life, long-term, vision, and dental insurance for the employee and family members
• Competitive pay, regular cost of living and time in service base salary increases
• Performance awards
• Paid on-the-job training and developmental opportunities
• Ten paid federal holidays, ample vacation days, separate sick leave that does not expire
• Recruitment and retention incentives
• Paid relocation costs
• Free parking at work
• Access to MWR services and activities including childcare options

Working for the Department of Defense comes with abundant benefits and perks, including competitive compensation packages, paid time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and a retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include employer matching contributions. For more information, please visit the following link: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Major Duties:

• Provide anesthesia and related services in accordance with hospital regulatory, licensing and credentialing policies, and with American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Guidelines for Nurse Anesthesia Practice and Code of Ethics.
• Evaluate information and make professional assessment to prescribe the anesthetic plan, utilizing new and evolving pharmacologic technologies, as appropriate.
• Induce anesthesia to safe, appropriate levels, and manage patient care throughout procedures.
• Serve as a resource consultant to a wide variety of professional health colleagues regarding the latest advances in nurse anesthesia and nursing practice.
• Provide oversight, instruction, and mentorship to other CRNAs, students, trainees, rotators, new or temporary department members, and other hospital staff in the field of anesthesia in both clinical and administrative areas.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience includes paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work through National Service programs and other organizations. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Advanced Practice Nurse (Anesthetist):

Degree
: A graduate or higher level degree from an accredited professional nursing educational program in Anesthesia is required. This education must have been accredited by recognized accrediting bodies. (

Note:

You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

Foreign Degree
: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.

Licensure
: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State or territory; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse in the specialty of Anesthesia or related specialty from a State or territory.

Exemption
:
You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Applicants claiming this exemption must provide documentation to validate status.

Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed. Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State or territory.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify you must also meet the following:

Professional Nursing Experience at the GS-12: One or more full years of professional nursing experience which includes administering anesthetics to patients by inhalation, regional, intravenous, local, or topical means; monitoring patients receiving anesthesia care;…