Department/Unit Summary:

The Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology embraces the anesthesia care team approach to patient care, involving anesthesiologists and residents, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) and anesthesia technicians. The more than 115 CRNAs at Vanderbilt provide anesthesia for all types of surgical procedures, including cardiac, pediatrics, vascular, trauma, neurosurgery, plastics, radiologic, and special procedures. CRNAs administer general, regional and monitored anesthesia care for scheduled and emergency surgical, obstetric, and diagnostic procedures.

Vanderbilt is a clinical affiliate of the Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA) in Madison, Tennessee, which is the second largest nurse anesthesia program in the country. Vanderbilt is also a clinical affiliate for the Union University Nurse Anesthesia program in Jackson, Tennessee. Student nurse anesthetists assist in approximately 7,000 anesthetics per year while on Vanderbilt rotations.

Vanderbilt Medical Center offers excellent benefits for our faculty & staff, including a very generous tuition reimbursement plan for staff & their children. Many other benefits are also attractively designed - http://hr.vanderbilt.edu/benefits/benefitspackage.php

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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

* US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

* Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

* Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

* The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

* American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

* Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.

* National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Independently oversee research projects and perform near to totally independent research.
• Supervise, plan, design and implement research projects
• oEstablish highly complex protocol(s); define data collection, evaluation and analysis procedures
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment to develop methods and procedures for operation of complex scientific equipment
• Supervise set-up and operation of various scientific experiments involving complex apparatus and equipment
• Contribute to research so as to merit serving as author or co-author on research publications, etc.
• Assist principal investigator in writing research grants and contract proposals
• Assists PI in manuscript preparation for scientific journals.
• Present research findings as needed
• Responsible for plan and coordination of literature and library searches and data collection programs
• Develop reports of results, graphs, charts, tables, etc. of research findings
• Supervise writing, reviewing and editing of various materials for publication
• Provide supervisory responsibility to staff
• Mentor and teach graduate students and post doctoral fellows in developing their projects and on specific techniques and protocols.
• Train and supervise technical staff, medical and graduate students
• Provide technical guidance to students, pos-doctoral fellows and faculty as required
• May provide budget responsibility
• Make recommendations to principal investigator regarding staff, supply and equipment needs for research projects
• May monitor expenditures of funds
• Maintain open communication between department and others
• Open contact as needed with principal investigator, collaborating professionals, Purchasing, Human Resource Services, Space and Facilities Planning, asset management personnel, Environmental Health and Safety, Institutional Review Board staff, administrative staff relating to budget capabilities
• Contact as required with sponsoring agencies and/or cooperating facilities (e.g. V.A.), collaborating professionals and vendors

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Organizational Impact: Independently delivers on objectives with understanding of how they impact the results of own area/team and other related teams.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes multiple sources of data to analyze and resolve complex problems; may take a new perspective on existing solution.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Has advanced knowledge within a professional area and basic knowledge across related areas.
• Team Interaction: Acts as a go-to resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small project teams.

Doctorate/ PhD required and 2 year experience