CRNA, Healthcare Nursing

Overview

LMC Careers
Full Time
Day Shift
Variable

Sign-On Bonus:$50,000

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region s third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

The job responsibilities for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists at Lexington Medical Center must be performed under medical supervision. CRNAs provide anesthesia services for all patients from birth through geriatrics. Anesthesia services are provided for all types of patients, incorporating pre-anesthesia, intra-op anesthesia, post anesthesia and emergency airway intervention.

Minimum Education: None
Minimum Years of

Experience:

None
Substitutable

Education & Experience:

None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current RN licensed in the state of South Carolina;
Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the state of South Carolina;
Board certified by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesia Council on Certification;
ACLS and PALS certifications.
Required Training: None.

• Qualified nurse anesthetists must be able to provide anesthesia care under the direction of a supervising anesthesiologist who has been granted privileges at Lexington Medical Center.
• A CRNA may administer a regional anesthetic only with permission from the attending anesthesiologist.
• The nurse anesthetist may exercise independent judgment within the area of his/her professional competence and may participate directly in the medical management of patients under the supervision of an anesthesiologist or a specified physician. The nurse anesthetist may perform the following medically delegated tasks:
• General Anesthesia and Analgesia
  • Pre-operative preparation and evaluation
  • Intravenous agents
  • Inhalation agents
  • Intramuscular agents
  • Post-operative evaluation
• Regional Anesthesia
  • Infiltration
  • Intravenous
  • Upper extremity blocks
  • Lower extremity blocks
• Procedures
  • Intravenous catheter replacement
  • Intravenous administration of: fluids, blood, plasma, plasma expanders, muscle relaxants, vasoactive drugs
  • Placement of arterial lines
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Resuscitative techniques and therapy

• Responds appropriately to emergency conditions and situations, making appropriate decisions for airway management, fluid, and drug administration
• Provides accurate report to licensed personnel appropriate for their field of expertise for the safe maintenance and or recovery of the patient
• Provides accurate report to license personnel appropriate for their field of expertise for the safe maintenance and or recovery of the patient
• Actively participates in post-anesthesia assessment and department quality assurance program
• Follows the current scope and standards for Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• Follows the current Code of Ethics of Nurse Anesthesia Practice
• Follows Department and Hospital policies
• Presents to work in an appropriate and timely fashion
• Follows hospital policy for meeting service expectations providing courteous and respectful treatment of all customers including but not limited to: co-workers, patients, families, medical personnel, and vendors
• Follows hospital and departmental Anesthesia and Surgery dress code policy displaying a non-defaced badge and professional attire to include but not limited to: clean scrubs, appropriate head wear or cap, and…