Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

About CICONIX: CICONIX LLC is a Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in business advisory and technical assistance for military health programs. We value exceptional people, unwavering integrity, inclusive collaboration, and enduring impact. .Location(s): Columbia, SC.Position Offers:

• Full-time/long-term position
• Regular weekly hours (0700-1530)
• Full benefit program, including: health, PTO, and 401k + contribution

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Requirements:

• A masters or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia.
• CNA License
• BLS Certification
• One (1) year direct patient care experience

 

 

Summary:CICONIX is seeking a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist to support the Department of Veterans Affairs team in Columbia, SC..About the Role:

• Perform critical care nursing to Intensive Care Unit patients.
• Performs scrub and circulating duties in the ED and the Operating Room.
• Obtain patient history and pertinent family history.
• Assess patient and plan appropriate nursing care.
• Document plan of care and care given in patient’s medical record.
• Verify transcription of physician’s orders, no verbal orders are to be accepted.
• Carry out prescribed physician’s orders and document inpatient medical record.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to charge nurse and/or physician as appropriate.
• Re-assess patient’s condition and revise plans of care based on identified nursing problem.
• Administer medications and Intravenous (IV) therapies.
• Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of most commonly used emergency drugs and their location on crash cart.
• Assess and document patient response to medication that have been administered.
• Be able to interpret cardiac rhythms and their implications.
• Reorganize and initiate appropriate measures in emergencies/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Instruct patient/family regarding prescribed medications/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Assess patient/family knowledge level, implement plan of instructions and record patient/family demonstrated level of understanding.
• Operate defibrillator, EKG machines and cardiac monitor and other emergency technical equipment.
• Participate in discharge planning, as appropriate.
• Be able to initiate life saving measures in the absence of physicians.
• Assure content and correctness of a prepared report and sign the document to validate its content.
• Shall perform central line and ventilator care in compliance with HCS policy.
• Perform skin assessment and initiate measures to prevent Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU).
• Ensures that medication orders from the previous shift have been noted and either carried out or transcribed onto the medical records appropriately.
• Carry out prescribed physician orders and document in patient’s  medical record.
• Recognize and initiate appropriate measures in emergencies and assist with surgical/diagnostic procedures.
• Care for patients with a variety of catheters and prostheses.

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Qualifications:

• Education:
  • A masters or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia.
    • Nursing education must be from a school of professional nursing anesthesia accredited by Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education Programs (COA) at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
• Licensure & Certifications (Current & Unrestricted):
  • Must maintain an active, current, full and unrestricted license to practice as a CNA or equivalent, in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
  • Must maintain full and current certification by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) or an equivalent Nurse Anesthetist certification recognized by the COA.