CRNA - Outpatient Surgery

The rate of pay for this position will depend on the successful candidate’s work location and qualifications, including relevant education, work experience, skills, and competencies.

Hourly Rate: $140.00 - $225.00 for Garden Grove, CA location.

Benefit Overview: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, paid time off, parental leave.

 

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) in an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who practices both autonomously and in collaboration with a variety of health providers on the interprofessional team to deliver high-quality, holistic, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services.

The CRNA cares for patients at all acuity levels across the lifespan in a variety of settings for procedures including, but not limited to, surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pain management.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Perform and document the pre anesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.


* Review, request, and order (as permitted by state law), laboratory/diagnostic studies.


* Obtain informed consent for anesthesia and related services.


* Select, obtain, order, and administer preanesthetic medication or treatment.


* Develop and implement an anesthesia care plan.


* Select, obtain, prepare, and use equipment, invasive and non-invasive monitors, supplies, and drugs for the administration of sedation, anesthesia, and pain management services; perform safety checks as needed.


* Select, order, obtain, and administer analgesic and anesthetic agents, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, necessary to provide anesthesia services.


* Document a time- based record of events during peri-anesthetic care


* Perform all aspects of airway management, including fiberoptic intubation.


* Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and ventilator support to maintain patient stability during transfer.


* Initiate and administer post-anesthesia pharmacological or fluid support of the cardiovascular system.


* Initiate and administer respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation in the post anesthesia period.


* Evaluate the patient’s response to anesthesia and surgery; take appropriate corrective action post anesthesia.


* Provide post anesthesia follow-up evaluation care


* Discharge the patient from the post anesthesia care unit


* Implement acute and chronic pain management modalities


* Manage emergency situations by assessing, stabilizing, and determining disposition of patients, including providing airway management, administration of emergency


* Place and manage regional anesthetic techniques, as delineated by his or her clinical privileges or granted special privilege...