Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (62565) At Memorial Health Summary

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) provides perioperative anesthesia care including pre-anesthesia assessment, development and administration of individualized anesthesia plans, intraoperative monitoring, emergency airway and resuscitation management, and post-anesthesia recovery and pain control. The role requires current CRNA certification (master's preferred), strong clinical, communication and documentation skills, and the physical ability to perform patient handling and critical care tasks. Work involves frequent exposure to blood/body fluids, collaboration with surgical teams, and adherence to confidentiality and safety standards.

Up to $100,000 sign on bonus!

The CRNA is responsible for assessing patients, developing individualized anesthesia care plans, administering anesthesia, monitoring patients intraoperatively, and managing recovery from anesthesia. This role ensures safe, effective, and compassionate care while upholding the highest standards of clinical practice.

• Conduct pre-anesthesia assessments, including patient history, physical examination, and review of diagnostic data.
• Develop and implement anesthesia care plans tailored to patient needs and surgical requirements.
• Administer general, regional, and monitored anesthesia care in a variety of clinical settings.
• Monitor patients' vital signs, depth of anesthesia, and physiologic status during procedures.
• Respond to emergency situations and provide airway management, resuscitation, and critical care support as needed.
• Ensure safe emergence from anesthesia and provide post-anesthesia care, including pain management.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other members of the care team.
• Educate patients and families about anesthesia procedures, risks, and recovery expectations.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in patient records.

Maintains current certification as CRNA. Masters degree preferred. New graduates must be certified as soon as possible.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing.

Job duties involve the potential for frequent exposure to blood and body fluids.

• Must be able to walk, stand, stoop, kneel and assist in lifting patients; able to assist patients and/or adjust equipment at floor level; able to reach, change and read IV's 5 feet from the floor unaided; able to move quickly from place to place on occasion, including from floor to floor in emergency situations; able to utilize fine motor control in hands for tasks such as medication preparation and administration;
  
  able to hear to take blood pressure and to hear breath, heart and bowel sounds. Must possess visual acuity to meet visual demands in charting, intubating and operating equipment.

• Must be able to work under stress and to adapt to changing conditions. Is expected to be an example of good health habits.
• Ability to adhere to strict confidentiality requirements.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to assist an otherwise qualified individual in the performance of the job. In order to meet the needs of the Company employees may be assigned other duties, in addition to or in lieu of those described above.

CRNA, anesthesia care, pre-anesthesia assessment, intraoperative monitoring, airway management, post-anesthesia recovery, pain management, perioperative nursing, patient safety, clinical documentation