CRNA (PRN) - Uniontown, PA

WVU Medicine•Uniontown, AL

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides anesthetic care for patients undergoing a range of procedures in cooperation with a supervising or medically directing physician and in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. The CRNA administers anesthesia to render patients insensitive to pain during surgery or procedures, continuously observes and monitors patients’ responses to sedatives, analgesics, and anesthetic agents, and reports adverse conditions that could threaten patient safety or care. The position is based at 500 W Berkeley Street in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and is PRN with 0 scheduled weekly hours. On-call work or work at night, on weekends, or on holidays may be required.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse licensure in West Virginia or the applicable state where services will be performed.
Board certification or recertification by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists.
Ability to see details at close range, within a few feet.
Ability to remain composed and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
Reliability, responsibility, dependability, and ability to fulfill obligations.
Openness to change and considerable variety in the workplace.
Ability to work congenially with individuals with different abilities, personalities, and interests.

Responsibilities

Maintain patient safety at all times and work within the scope of delineated clinical privileges.
Maintain excellence in airway management and familiarity with airway adjuncts, including Bullard, fiberoptic scope, and ILMA.
Take precautions to minimize infection risks to patients and healthcare professionals, and maintain patient confidentiality.
Participate in pre-anesthetic patient evaluations and selection of anesthetic agents and techniques.
Carry out anesthetic procedures, including insertion of intravenous and invasive monitoring catheters according to protocol, endotracheal intubation and extubation, and arterial punctures for blood gas interpretation.
Manage induction, maintenance, and emergence for general, regional, and monitored anesthesia cases; monitor and recognize abnormal patient responses, initiate corrective measures, determine the need for additional laboratory tests, provide resuscitative care as needed, and evaluate and manage patients in the immediate postoperative period.
Administer IV fluids appropriate to the patient’s medical history and procedure; administer blood products after obtaining a hematocrit and consulting the surgeon and/or anesthesiologist.
Document patient status appropriately in the anesthesia record.
Perform required safety and performance checks on anesthesia equipment and verify supplies before care; procure and assemble equipment and supplies when an anesthesia technician is unavailable.
Review informed-consent documentation, identify the surgical site during SBAR with the circulating and holding-room RNs, and participate in the OR surgical pause in accordance with departmental and regulatory standards.
Communicate appropriately with individuals involved in perioperative and postoperative patient care.
Provide anesthesia care responsibly in a life-threatening emergency in the absence of an anesthesiologist.
Assist with clinical teaching and evaluation of newly hired CRNAs, GRNAs, and SRNAs.
Account for controlled substances in accordance with department and hospital policies and state and federal guidelines.
Maintain professionalism.
May be required to be on call or work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.