Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

About the role

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist will work with the interprofessional healthcare team to deliver high-quality anesthesia within a Care Team Model. The CRNA will care for patients across all acuity levels through the lifespan in a variety of settings including surgical, obstetrical, and diagnostic areas.

Responsibilities

• Provides anesthesiology services within the Hospital, including pre-operative review of patients and provision of anesthetics in all procedural areas (including operative rooms, interventional radiology, endoscopy units, and Labor and Delivery) in a care team model.
• Selects, orders, and administers anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products.
• Manages patients’ airway or pulmonary status using techniques such as endotracheal intubation and extubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, and respiratory therapy.
• Selects, prepares, or uses equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
• Performs pre-anesthetic screenings including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and documents results.
• Maintains patient’s airway or pulmonary status using techniques such as endotracheal intubation and extubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, and respiratory therapy.
• Monitors patients’ responses including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
• Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
• Selects, prepares, or uses equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
• Performs or manages regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks. Once they have established proficiency.
• Collaborates with the attending physician anesthesiologist.
• Develops anesthesia care plans.
• Obtains informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
• Assesses patients’ medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
• Performs and evaluates the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms.
• Evaluates patients’ post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
• Administers post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients’ cardiovascular systems.
• Discharges patients from post-anesthesia care.

Requirements

• Licensures, Certifications: BLS, ACLS and PALS required.
• Holds current active state licensure in the state of Maryland and complies with all applicable state statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to CRNAs.
• Currently certified or recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists and is enrolled in the Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.
• Experience: 5 years’ experience preferred.
• New Graduates welcome to apply.

Skills

• Advanced understanding of anesthesia, perioperative medicine, and other critical care skills related to the perioperative environment.
• Demonstrated patient care skills in alignment with GBMC values.

Benefits

• No nights, weekends, call or holidays required.
• Flexible Scheduling: Multiple shifts available 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts.
• Part-Time schedules available.
• Full scope of practice: Ability to practice regional anesthesia if desired.

Pay

Starting Salary is $240,000 and increases based on years of experience. Pay Range $240,000.00 - $255,000.00 Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.

Schedule

No nights, weekends, call or holidays required. Flexible Scheduling: Multiple shifts available 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts. Part-Time schedules available.