CRNA - Per Diem

Unio Specialty Care • Lancaster, CA

11h • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) develops and implements anesthesia care plans, providing a full scope of anesthesia services as defined by clinical privileges. The CRNA will practice both autonomously and in collaboration with a variety of health providers on interdisciplinary care teams to deliver high-quality, holistic, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services. The CRNA cares for patients at all acuity levels across the lifespan for procedures including, but not limited to diagnostic, therapeutic, and pain management.

Requirements

• Licensed as a current and active Registered Nurse in the state of California, complying with all applicable state statutory and regulatory requirements concerning CRNAs.
• Graduate of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.
• Certified or Recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists.
• Insurable by a medical malpractice insurer for the limits required by the State of California.

Responsibilities

• Perform and document the pre-anesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
• Perform all aspects of airway management, including emergency management and securement.
• Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and ventilatory support to maintain patient stability during transfer.
• Evaluate the patient's response to anesthesia and procedures performed; initiate appropriate corrective action throughout the post-anesthesia period.
• Manage emergencies by assessing, stabilizing, and determining the disposition of patients, including providing airway management, administration of emergency drugs and fluids, and instituting basic and advanced cardiac life support techniques and adjuvant therapeutic agents.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level