Anesthetist - Easley

Prisma Health • Easley, SC

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About The Position

Responds to patients’ anesthetic needs and coordinates their care with other perioperative personnel during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. Administers anesthesia services for medical and surgical procedures relevant to the facility under the medical direction of a staff anesthesiologist. Responds to emergent airway-management needs within the facility as needed. May be on call, either in-house or from home, as required by the facility.

This is a non-management position that reports to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The position is based at Baptist Easley Med Campus, in Oconee Anesthesiology’s Practice Operations department.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nurse Anesthesia.
• No previous experience required.
• SC RN-Advance Practice licensure.
• CRNA-Nurse Anesthetist certification or registration.
• Mathematical skills.
• Ability to use patient equipment, including vitals equipment, suction, and defibrillator.

Responsibilities

• Formulates an anesthetic plan with the anesthesiologist; discusses the plan and its risks, benefits, and options with the patient; and prepares to administer anesthesia and implement the plan.
• Performs special line placement procedures permitted by practice-setting guidelines, including intravenous and arterial line insertion.
• Documents pre-anesthesia assessment data and intraoperative anesthesia care, including vital signs, drug and fluid or blood deliveries, fluid loss, events and their times, and relevant comments. Documents charges, quality indicators, and controlled-substance disbursement, use, and waste.
• Maintains age-specific competence in anesthesia technical skills appropriate to the practice setting, including airway management, induction, blocks, and general anesthesia.
• Maintains and acquires knowledge of anesthesia pharmacology, including new drugs, as well as anesthesia modalities, techniques, and technology.
• Provides a safe practice environment using a systematic approach to minimize risks of infection, physical injury, psychological stress, and equipment failure for patients and providers.
• Performs Point of Care testing as required by regulatory requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
• Responds to emergent airway-management needs within the facility as needed.
• May provide on-call coverage in-house or from home, as required by the facility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level