East Memphis Surgery Center- PRN Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
About The Position
LifeLinc Anesthesia is seeking an experienced PRN Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to join their anesthesia team at the East Memphis Surgery Center in Memphis, Tennessee. This PRN role offers flexible scheduling in a predictable outpatient environment, along with the opportunity to practice with a collaborative team committed to delivering safe, efficient, and cost-effective anesthesia care. The East Memphis Surgery Center is a modern, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center providing high-quality outpatient surgical services across several specialties. With streamlined workflows and a well-supported anesthesia model, CRNAs enjoy predictable schedules, minimal turnover time, and a strong focus on patient comfort and safety. The center offers an excellent practice environment for PRN CRNAs who value work-life balance, autonomy, and a consistent outpatient caseload without call or overnight responsibilities. The CRNA scope of practice includes performing and documenting pre-anesthetic assessments, managing patient airways, managing emergence and recovery from anesthesia, providing post-anesthesia follow-up, and responding to emergency situations. The day-to-day responsibility for this position will be to perform conscious sedation/MAC anesthesia on outpatient and inpatient cases.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing and a graduate of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the AANA Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.
- Successfully completed the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Council on Certification or its predecessor's.
- At least two years of independent experience
- ACLS/BLS/PALS certification
Responsibilities
- Performing and documenting a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient, including requesting consultations and diagnostic studies; selecting, obtaining, ordering, or administering pre-anesthetic medications and fluids; and obtaining informed consent for anesthesia.
- Performing conscious sedation/MAC anesthesia on outpatient and inpatient cases.
- Managing a patient's airway.
- Managing emergence and recovery from anesthesia.
- Releasing or discharging patients from a post-anesthesia care area, and providing post-anesthesia follow-up evaluation and care related to anesthesia side effects or complications.
- Responding to emergency situations by providing airway management, administration of emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
- Additional nurse anesthesia responsibilities which are within the expertise of the individual CRNA.
- Must be able to read and write English.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to supervisors, patients, patient's family and other employees of organization.
- Able to work in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ensures and adheres to strict confidentiality when handling patient information, according to the HIPAA Privacy Act and hospital policy and procedure regarding confidentiality.
- Complies with all information security practices.
- Takes annual HIPAA compliance exam.
Benefits
- Malpractice Professional Liability will be covered by LifeLinc.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
