RN - Nursing

Overview

RN - Nursing at Yale New Haven Health summary: A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) provides expert anesthesia care in collaboration with medical teams during surgical procedures, ensuring patient safety and comfort. The role involves continuous monitoring of patient vitals, patient-centered care addressing physical and psychosocial needs, and maintaining rigorous documentation and compliance with regulatory standards. CRNAs must demonstrate professionalism, adaptability, and effective communication while managing anesthesia in high-stress clinical settings.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Provides exceptional patient care in collaboration with anesthesiologists, surgeons and other physicians to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures. Cultivates a patient centric environment which focuses on the whole individual inclusive of physical, psychosocial, spiritual and functional needs of the patient, family, and significant others. Serves as the focal professional for the continuity of care in patient care within scope of practice standards, as well as specialty specific standards to address and resolve problems that may arise.

• Clinical Care:
  The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) implements accurate, safe, patient centric anesthetic care.
• Professional Skill:
  Understands physiologic implications and anesthetic considerations of surgical procedures, constantly monitors vital signs, capnography, and pulse oximetry during anesthesia according to ASA guidelines.
• Information Management:
  The CRNA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or disclosure.
• Quality Management:
  The CRNA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
• Professional Development:
  The CRNA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

• Education
  :
  Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist;
  Completion of Certified Nurse Anesthetist Training Program;
  Graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Educational Program accredited by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists;
  Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs;
  Current State of Connecticut Nursing License;
  Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the State of Connecticut.
• Experience
  :
  Prefer clinical working experience as a CRNA within the given specialty/service line recommended, but none required. APRNs, PAs, CRNAs and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process. Evidence of current competence via appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be obtainable during the Medical Staff appointment process.
• Licensure
  : AANA Certification;
  State of CT RN and APRN License; ACLS; DEA Registration;
  State of CT Controlled Substance Registration.
• Special Skills
  : CRNAs must have sharp concentration and focus, with the ability to stay calm under stress; effective communication with surgeons, the surgical support team, patients and families; calm and reassuring manner; immediate and responsive anesthetic patient management; flexibility and adaptability.
• Physical Demand
  :
  Ability to meet intellectual-conceptual, integrative and quantitative demands; observe and interpret monitoring alarms; functional vision and hearing; no impairment of smell or tactile sensation; ability to stand long periods; lift up to 25 pounds; move patients between anesthesia locations; coordinate gross and fine motor movements; problem-solving and spatial reasoning; emotional health and resilience to handle taxing workloads and changing environments.

To learn more, please email or schedule an interview with our In-House Provider Recruiter:
James Hammell

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