Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - PRN

Leading Locum; Cookeville (TN); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 308,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional liability covered

Job summary

Leading Locum is seeking a CRNA for Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Cookeville, TN. This PRN/short-term contract position offers flexible assignment options and no-call requirements.

You will perform MAC anesthesia, manage airways, and provide intraoperative care across general, GI, ortho, uro, gyn, vascular cases under a collaborative practice model.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved nursing program and a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the AANA Council on Accreditation or its predecessor.
• Successful completion of the AANA Council on Certification or its predecessor.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation, obtain informed consent for anesthesia, and manage pre-anesthetic medications.
• Conduct conscious sedation/MAC anesthesia on outpatient and inpatient cases.
• Manage airway and emergence/recovery from anesthesia.
• Discharge patients from PACU and provide post-anesthesia follow-up care.
• Respond to emergencies with airway management and ACLS basics.
• Fulfill additional nurse anesthesia responsibilities within scope.

Job description

Overview

Facility: Cookeville Regional Medical CenterLocation: Cookeville, TNCompensation: $190.00 hour

Assignment Options: 1099 CRNA for PRN or short-term contract 60 or 90 daysCredentialing: 30-45 daysSchedule: 8-hour, 10 hours, or 13-hour shiftsPractice Model: Collaborative Practice (No Direction or Supervision model)Case Mix: General, GI, Ortho, Uro, Gyn. Podiatry, Neuro, EP, Vascular, slight PEDS mix.Regional Anesthetic OpportunitiesCall Requirements: No call, No weekends, No nights.EMR: Graphium

Malpractice

Professional Liability will be covered by Leading Locum.

Qualifications

Education and experience equivalent to:

The Nurse Anesthetist shall be a 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. The CRNA will have successfully completed the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Council on Certification or its predecessor's.

Responsibilities

Clinical Duties

The CRNA scope of practice includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• 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.
• The day to day responsibility of the CRNA for this position will be to perform 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.

Language Skills

• 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.

Reasoning Ability

• 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.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

HIPAA

• 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.