Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist-Bridgeport, CT

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – Bridgeport, CT

Yale New Haven Health is looking for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Bridgeport, CT – in Milford, CT.

We invite you to join our dedicated team that upholds our Vision, Mission, and Values: integrity, patient‑centered care, respect, accountability, and compassion.

• Excellent work environment with flexible schedules for work‑life balance.
• Career advancement and professional growth within an esteemed health system.
• Enhanced compensation and benefits including competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, pension plan and tax‑sheltered annuity.
• Relocation assistance to support a seamless transition.
• Employee wellness initiatives, continuing education, and professional development opportunities.
• Association with Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals and the Northeast Medical Group.

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 that focuses on the whole individual, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional needs.

A call Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is part of a core team that provides timely anesthetic and emergency care in a 24/7 model. The position is full‑time and distinct from non‑call CRNAs, with a flexible, non‑patterned schedule and in‑house call responsibilities, including off‑shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Schedule Requirements:
Availability to work off‑shifts, weekends, and holidays as part of the in‑house call rotation. Willingness to respond to emergency calls and provide anesthesia services within the hospital setting. Required to give 90‑day notice when transitioning or resigning from the call team.

• Clinical Care
  • Implement accurate, safe, patient‑centric anesthetic care.
• Professional Skill
  • Understand physiologic implications and anesthetic considerations of surgical procedures, continuously monitoring vital signs, capnography, and pulse oximetry during anesthesia according to ASA guidelines.
• Information Management
  • Ensure appropriate documentation in accordance with hospital and regulatory requirements; protect information of all forms from unauthorized access or disclosure.
• Quality Management
  • Demonstrate high standards of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
• Professional Development
  • Continuously engage in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – Completion of a Certified Nurse Anesthetist Training Program graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Educational Program accredited by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)–Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs.

• Current State of Connecticut Nursing License, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the State of Connecticut.

• Preferred clinical experience as a CRNA in the given specialty/service line, though none required.

• APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process.

• Evidence of current competence to practice via reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be able to be obtained during the Medical Staff appointment process for eligibility.

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (AANA Certification)

• State of CT RN and APRN License

• ACLS, DEA Registration, and State of CT Controlled Substance Registration

• Sharp concentration and focus with ability to stay calm under stressful conditions.

• Clear and effective communication with surgeons, surgical support team, patients, and families.

• Immediate and responsive anesthetic patient management.

• Flexibility and adaptability.

• Demonstrate intellectual, integrative, and quantitative abilities; observation, communication, and motor skills.

• Detect and interpret changes in monitoring…