The Department of Veterans Affairs Salisbury Healthcare System is looking for full-time Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to join our team in Kernersville, NC at W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Medical Center. The CRNAs will be responsible for performing pre-anesthesia evaluations, preparing anesthesia plans, delivering all forms of anesthesia, and following up on all general anesthesia cases. Additionally, they will administer inhalation, regional, intravenous, local, and topical anesthetics, while continuously evaluating the patient's physical status and responses to anesthesia.

Practice Environment:

Outpatient surgery center, 3 operating rooms, 2 GI suites, with upcoming expansion to cardiac Cath lab services. Care team anesthesia model.

Academic Affiliation: VCOM

Multiple opportunities for teaching anesthesia practice, regional skills, and VA based opportunity to be involved in research. Affiliated with Wake School of Nurse Anesthesia.

Salary: $200,000-260,000

Work Schedule:

1. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
2. Paid Time Off: 50–55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year
3. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
4. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
5. Malpractice: Liability protection

Qualifications:

• • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • M-F, 8 or 10-hour shifts depending on scheduling needs and staffing availability. No Call Coverage

• • Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia

• • Graduate of an accredited nurse anesthesia education program approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
  • NBCRNA Certified/Graduate of Accredited program. With 2 + years working experience preferred.