Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists

Elite Staffing Network is seeking a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists for the VA Medical Center in Lebanon VA Medical Center. 

The Office of The Lebanon VA Medical Center currently has a shortage of Board-Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA). The Contractor shall furnish all key personnel to provide services necessary to perform onsite Clinic and Surgical anesthesiology services including patients undergoing general surgery, orthopedic, including joint replacement, plastic, ENT, urologic, podiatric, minor vascular, Gynecology, Endoscopy, Dental/oral and ophthalmologic operations to eligible beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the range of Anesthesia services within the Surgical Careline, as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of the quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Guidelines.

License: The Contractors CRNA(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property. All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractors CRNA(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract. 

Certification: Contractors CRNA(s) shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible CRNA by the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

Business Hours: Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM 3:30 PM. On-Call Services would also be required.

Clinic or OR Schedule: Daily 7:00 AM 3:30 PM weekdays, and On-Call Coverage as needed.

A. Patients must be seen by a Contractors CRNA(s) on-site at the facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure.

B. Contractors CRNA(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal facility clinic hours, which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. Currently, normal clinic hours are M-F 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

C. Off-hours Coverage: Contractor must make the Contractors CRNA(s) available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends and holidays. 

1. On-call contractors CRNAs must be available at all times for phone consultations with VA providers and CRNAs.

2. On-call providers must be available within 15 minutes by phone and on-site, within 60 minutes.