Associate Professor (Anesthesia Nursing)

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Associate Professor working for the U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing (USAGPAN). Expert in the field of Anesthesia, planning, implementing assignments, interpreting policies for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, located in Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Develop, evaluate, modify and instruct doctoral level classes in fundamentals of anesthesia.

Integrate nursing science with biophysical sciences to prepare nurses for the highest level of advanced nursing practice in the specialty of anesthesia.

Coordinate the simulation program experiences involving specialty area of anesthesia practice, such as pharmacology and regional anesthesia.

Plan, refine and assist in presenting approximately 122 credit hours of doctoral level nurse anesthesia education in the US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing (USAGPAN).

Teaches the formulation of anesthetic care plans, anesthetic techniques, prevention of patient complications, procedures and equipment requirements, monitoring, record keeping and care of equipment.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/