Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

About This Role

This Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) role involves developing and implementing patient-specific anesthetic plans across multiple surgical and procedural settings within a large academic health system. The position is part of a physician-led collaborative practice and offers opportunities for professional development and participation in various educational and improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement patient-specific anesthetic plans
• Select and initiate planned anesthetic techniques (general, regional, local anesthesia, and intravenous sedation)
• Select, obtain, or administer anesthetics, accessory drugs, and fluids necessary to manage and maintain physiologic homeostasis, and to correct abnormal responses to the anesthesia/surgery
• Select, apply, or insert appropriate noninvasive and invasive monitoring modalities for collecting and interpreting patient physiological data
• Manage patient's airway and pulmonary status (endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy, and extubation)
• Manage emergence and recovery from anesthesia
• Provide relief from pain and anesthesia side effects, or prevent or manage complications
• Order, initiate, or modify pain relief therapy, through the utilization of drugs, regional anesthetic techniques, or other accepted pain relief modalities
• Respond to emergency situations (codes/trauma alerts/airway emergencies) by providing airway management, administration of emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques

Requirements

• MSN or DNP in Nurse Anesthesia
• Board Certified as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Current, valid State of New Jersey RN license
• Current, valid State of New Jersey APN license
• Current, valid certification from National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)
• Current, valid DEA license
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications

Important Details

• Team: 85+ Full Time CRNAs
• Anesthetic Locations: Camden (Main Hospital Operating Room (30-bed), Multiple outside of OR sites (OB, GI, EP Lab, TEE, Neuro IR, MRI, IR, Bronch, Pain, Trauma/Emergency Alert responses)); Mt. Laurel (Cooper Digestive Health Center (5-bed)); Voorhees (Voorhees Surgery Center (5-bed)); Moorestown (Moorestown Surgery Center (9-bed)); Willingboro (BMA Cooper Specialty Care GI (1-bed)); Cape Regional (Main Hospital Operating Room (2-bed), Surgery Center (4-bed))
• Schedule: Multiple shifts available

Professional Career Development

• Participation in SRNA education (Penn, LaSalle, Drexel, Villanova)