Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Trusted Locum Staffing LLC.; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is looking for an experienced anesthesia provider to deliver high-quality care across a range of surgical specialties in a trauma level 1 facility. The role involves comprehensive patient management, including pre-anesthetic evaluations and administering various anesthesia types, within a fast-paced clinical environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• BLS certification required.
• Expertise in anesthesia types with a focus on pediatrics, regional, and complex cases.
• Ability to manage acute patient volume and blood pressure issues.

Responsibilities

• Assess, prepare, and manage patients during the anesthesia perioperative period.
• Develop and implement individualized anesthetic plans.
• Administer various types of anesthesia and perform medical evaluations.

Skills

Expertise in general anesthesia

Proficiency in spinal and epidural anesthesia

Pain management techniques

Ventilation management

Education

BLS certification

Tools

Invasive monitoring devices

Central line placement

Arterial line placement

Job description

Provide anesthesia care in a variety of surgical specialties including general surgery, orthopedics, trauma, plastics, neurosurgery, pediatrics, endoscopy, NORA, robotic surgery, gynecology, and ENT. Please note that this role excludes hearts, OB, or blocks.

Responsibilities:

• Assess, prepare, and manage patients for anesthesia during the perioperative/procedural period.
• Develop and implement individualized anesthetic plans.
• Perform medical history and physical examinations.
• Obtain informed consent from patients.
• Conduct pre-anesthetic evaluations and post-operative assessments.
• Administer various types of anesthesia, including general, regional, epidural, spinal, IV regional block, and monitored anesthesia care (MAC).
• Perform invasive monitoring and placement of devices such as CVP/CVC, pulmonary artery catheterization, and intra-arterial lines.
• Provide airway management.

Certifications Required:

• BLS certification is necessary.

Trauma and Surgery Details:

• The facility is a trauma level 1 center.
• Surgical procedures in domains such as cardiac, complete orthopedic, complex vascular, head, spine, neuro, OB, pediatric, regional, and thoracic are expected.

Preferred Specialty Skills:

• Expertise in general, spinal, epidural, and regional anesthesia.
• Experience handling obstetrical, neurosurgical, open heart, thoracic, and complex vascular and orthopedic cases.
• Proficiency in pain management techniques, post-op epidural, and extremity blocks.
• Familiarity with epidural steroid procedures for lumbar and cervical regions, transforaminal injections, and x-ray guided block placements.
• Skill in ventilation management.
• Ability to evaluate and manage acute volume and blood pressure issues.
• Competency in central line, arterial line, and PA catheter placement.
• Supervision of CRNA activities.

The role is integral within a dynamic and high-paced clinical environment, focusing on superior patient outcomes through skilled anesthetic care.