About This Role
This full-time Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) role involves providing anesthesia care for pediatric patients undergoing various procedures. Working as a key member of the Physician Anesthesiologist/CRNA care team, you will perform pre-anesthesia assessments, administer and manage anesthesia, and support patient recovery and post-anesthesia care.
Responsibilities
- Administer safe anesthesia, reviewing and discussing the anesthesia plan in collaboration with other anesthesia providers
- Select and use all equipment, invasive and noninvasive monitors, supplies, and drugs for the administration of sedation, anesthesia, and pain management services; perform safety checks as needed
- Monitor all equipment being used on patient during procedure
- Record complete and accurate anesthesia records via EMR
- Ensure patient
- Informs personnel and supervising Physician Anesthesiologist of all pertinent information
- Collaborate with supervisors and/or managers of other departments to analyze and resolve patient issues
- Insert intravenous/intra-arterial catheters
- Select appropriate anesthesia technique and administer analgesic and anesthetic agents, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products necessary to provide anesthesia services
- Manage emergency situations by assessing, stabilizing, and determining disposition of patients, including providing airway management, administration of emergency drugs and fluids, and using basic and advanced cardiac life support techniques
- Perform pre-operative and post-operative evaluations
- Complete pre-op evaluations
- Document thoroughly via EMR all information for pre-operative evaluation
- Review, request, and order all laboratory/diagnostic studies
- Confer with Clinical Director Anesthesiologist on all data that is out of the ordinary or a potential problem
- Develop and implement an anesthesia care plan
- Discuss plan of anesthesia with patient, surgeon and supervising physician anesthesiologist and document on the pre anesthesia record
- Maintain familiarity with regional anesthesia techniques to include medication dosage and maintenance
- Evaluate the patient
- Plan and direct in-service educational and Divisional Orientation Programs
- Present in-services to other hospital personnel as requested
- Participate in research and present findings and in-services to department and other hospital personnel
- Direct orientations and preceptorships for Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist (SRNA
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance
- Perform other related duties as assigned in order to meet the goals of the department and institution
