Anesthetist - Hillcrest

Prisma Health•Simpsonville, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Responds to patients’ anesthetic needs and coordinates care with other perioperative personnel during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. Administers anesthesia 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. May be required to take call, either in-house or from home, as required by the facility. The position 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. It performs approved special line-placement procedures, documents pre-anesthesia assessments and intraoperative care, and records appropriate charges, quality indicators, and controlled-substance use and waste. The role maintains age-specific anesthesia technical skills and knowledge of pharmacology, modalities, techniques, and technology; provides a safe practice environment; and performs point-of-care testing as required by regulations and organizational policies and procedures. This is a non-management position reporting to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive. The role is based at the Hillcrest/Simpsonville Medical Campus in the Greenville Anesthesiology-Practice Operations department.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nurse Anesthesia.
No previous experience required.
South Carolina Registered Nurse—Advanced Practice (SC RN-Advance Practice) certification/registration/licensure.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)—Nurse Anesthetist certification/registration/licensure.
Mathematical skills.
Patient-equipment skills, including use of vital-sign equipment, suction, and defibrillator.

Responsibilities

Formulate an anesthetic plan with the anesthesiologist; discuss the plan, risks, benefits, and options with the patient; and prepare for and implement the plan.
Perform special line-placement procedures permitted by practice-setting guidelines, including intravenous and arterial line insertion.
Document pre-anesthesia assessment data and intraoperative anesthesia care, including vital signs, drug and fluid or blood deliveries, fluid loss, events and their times, and appropriate comments.
Document appropriate charges and quality indicators, and record controlled-substance disbursement, use, and waste.
Maintain age-specific anesthesia technical competence appropriate to the practice setting, including airway management, induction, blocks, and general anesthesia.
Maintain and acquire knowledge of anesthesia pharmacology, including new drugs, anesthesia modalities, techniques, and technology.
Promote a safe practice environment using a systematic approach to minimize infection, physical injury, psychological stress, and equipment-failure risks to patients and providers.
Perform point-of-care testing as required by regulatory requirements and organizational policies and procedures.
Respond to emergent airway-management needs within the facility.
Coordinate patient care with other perioperative personnel during preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases.
Administer anesthesia for relevant medical and surgical procedures under the medical direction of a staff anesthesiologist.
Take call in-house or from home when required by the facility.