CRNA - Full-Time - AVALA Hospital

About the Role

The CRNA will administer anesthesia for all types of surgical cases in every setting where anesthesia is delivered, adhering to their expertise, state statutes or regulations, and institutional policies.

Responsibilities

• Administer anesthesia and anesthesia-related care in four general categories:
  • Pre-anesthetic preparation and evaluation
  • Anesthesia induction, maintenance, and emergence
  • Post-anesthesia care
  • Peri-anesthetic and clinical support functions, including:
    • General, MAC, regional, or local anesthesia
    • Selecting, obtaining, and administering anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, and fluids to manage anesthesia and maintain patient physiologic homeostasis
    • Correcting abnormal responses to anesthesia or surgery
    • Selecting, applying, and inserting non-invasive and invasive monitoring modalities for collecting and interpreting patient physiological data
    • Managing a patient’s airway and pulmonary status using endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, or extubation
    • Releasing or discharging patients from a post-anesthesia care area and providing post-anesthesia follow-up evaluation and care related to anesthesia side effects or complications
    • Ordering, initiating, or modifying pain relief therapy through drugs, regional anesthetic techniques, or other accepted modalities, including epidural analgesia
    • Responding to emergency situations by providing airway management, administration of emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques
• Provide clinical support services outside of the operating room, including radiology, endoscopy, emergency department, and invasive labs
• Upon request or referral, provide consultation and implementation of respiratory and ventilatory care, identify and manage emergency situations, including:
  • Initiation or participation in cardiopulmonary resuscitation involving airway maintenance, ventilation, tracheal intubation, pharmacologic and cardiopulmonary support
  • Management of blood, fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
• Additional nurse anesthesia responsibilities as authorized by Medical Staff and outlined in policy and procedure manuals
• Non-clinical responsibilities, as applicable:
  • Clinical and didactic teaching, supervision, and evaluation of students
  • Interdepartmental liaison and departmental committee membership
  • Research participation
• Maintain a positive demeanor, proactively assist patients, physicians, and staff, and remain flexible to accept various tasks and assignments as directed

Requirements

• Graduate from a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) or its predecessor
• Current state license as a registered nurse in Louisiana, complying with state statutory and regulatory requirements for advanced practice nursing

Certifications

• Certification by the Council on Certification or recertification by the Council on Recertification (or their predecessors); if pending initial certification, evidence of graduation from an approved nurse anesthesia educational program
• Current BLS, PALS, and ACLS certifications, as applicable

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of anesthesia principles and practices
• Ability to operate all anesthesia equipment and recognize equipment malfunction
• Ability to read written directions and write legibly
• Effective communication with students, residents, physicians, patients, visitors, and hospital staff
• Core competencies:
  • Action Orientation: Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, and follows through on actions
  • Communications: Communicates well verbally and in writing, listens carefully, and presents ideas clearly
  • Creativity/Innovation: Generates novel ideas and challenges the status quo
  • Critical Judgment: Defines issues and focuses on workable solutions; performs reliably
  • Customer Oriented: Builds customer confidence, increases satisfaction, and meets commitments
  • Interpersonal Skills: Engages effectively, builds trust, and establishes credibility
  • Leadership: Motivates, empowers, and inspires others; builds consensus and focuses teams on common goals
  • Teamwork: Attracts, develops, and rewards teams; builds trust and resolves conflicts

Physical Demands

Heavy physical requirements: exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.