Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at ProLocums summary :

A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) provides anesthesia care primarily in a hospital setting, covering a broad patient population from adolescents to geriatrics. The role involves supervised anesthesia administration across multiple surgical specialties including general, orthopedic, and trauma cases, requiring board certification and licensure. The position demands full-time commitment with variable shift lengths, weekend and weeknight call duties, and experience with Level II trauma, excluding certain complex cases like burns and transplants.

Specialty : CRNA

Contract Length : Facility prefers 6 months to 1 year contracts. Need is for continuous coverage

Shift Details : 40-hours of scheduled work per week. It will vary week to week as to the hours each day, but it moves between 8's, 10's, and 12's.

Call : Call is required, 1 weekend call shift per month and 2 weeknight call shifts per month.(can opt to work 1 Sat and 1 Sun regular shift every 3 months to take the place of one of the call options)

Schedule : Locums will receive their schedule for 6-weeks at a time. Facility only looking at full time locums.

Work Details :

• Amount of coverage needed per month : continuous full-time coverage, 40 hours per week
• Patient population / age : Adolescent, Child, Adult, Geriatric. 90%+ of the patients are over the age of 12.
• Department description : # of operating rooms : 17 MOR, 7 DSC, plus specials, cath labs, endo, radiology. They are to perform supervision-based anesthesia here.
• Hospital bed size : 378
• Skills required : Gyn, general surgery, ortho, spine, crani, plastics, lungs, healthy peds, eye, GI, structural hearts, EP, Endo, Interventional radiology, MRI. No burns, transplants, open heart, sick peds or OB. Must be comfortable with Level II Trauma cases. CRNAs will not perform their own Regional Anesthesia / Blocks, but do perform Spinal Blocks. Occasionally they will have the chance to do arterial lines, (not a requirement) no locums will do epidurals or central lines

Supervision Model : The supervision model is max of 4 : 1 ratio. If they re looking for an independent role, the facility has another campus nearby that offers an Independent model, but must perform OB

Practice Setting :

Hospital

Requirements :

Board Certification : BC required

License required : Open to licensing.

DEA : yes

CSR : yes

Minimum experience required : 1 year (Will consider 6 months experience, but this is the minimum.)

Credentialing Timeframe : about 30-45 days if licensed. If non-licensed / pending license, can take up to 90-120 days.

Keywords :

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA, anesthesia care, hospital anesthesia, surgical anesthesia, Level II trauma, board certified nurse anesthetist, perioperative nursing, patient anesthesia supervision, locum tenens nursing