Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
CRNA
Specialty
Anesthesiology
Salary
$240,000
– $280,000
• yearly
Degree Required
Other
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
6/28/24
Range of Anesthesiology services provided in a state-of-the-art health care facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Guidelines. 95% of duties are clinical, 5% are administrative.
Job Responsibilities
• After concurrence with the plan by the anesthesiologist, initiation of the planned anesthetic technique that may include general, regional, MAC, or local anesthesia. Interventions include administration of fluids, medications, ventilator support, provision of homeostasis, provision of adequate pain relief and management of anesthesia and surgical side effects.
• Induction of general anesthesia and initial airway management.
• Endotracheal intubation for surgical or procedural cases.
• Placement of endobronchial tubes or blockers for procedures requiring one lung ventilation or lung isolation.
• Central line placement; Pulmonary artery (Swan-Ganz) catheter placement
• Peripheral nerve blocks.
• Central neuraxial blocks.
• Epidural blood patches.
• Adjustment of anesthetic drugs and techniques utilized in the maintenance of anesthesia.
• Sedation for field blocks or MAC as discussed in the anesthetic care plan.
• Manages emergence from anesthesia after discussion and concurrence from the anesthesiologist.
• Provide anesthetic for: electroconvulsive therapy; elective cardioversions; ICD checks.
• Participates on the Code Blue Team, primarily to manage the patient’s airway, but also to perform other tasks which they are qualified to perform, as directed by the Code Team Leader.
• Emergency airway management throughout the facility, following the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm and department protocols, as requested.
• Administer sedation or local anesthesia to facilitate urgent/emergent endotracheal intubation.
• Placement of intravenous lines throughout the facility, as requested.
• Management of epidural catheters for post-op pain relief within a protocol guideline ordered by the anesthesiologist.
• Placement of arterial lines as requested by the facility.
Qualifications
• Unencumbered current licenses as APRN in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the US or District of Columbia
• ACLS
• BLS
Working Hours
• 7:00am – 7:30pm
• 7:00am - 5:30pm
• 9:00am - 5:30pm
Skills