Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Company Overview

Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.

We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Job Overview

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.

We have an opportunity for a per diem CRNA.

Responsibilities

Provides quality aesthesia care for elective and emergency cases under the supervision of an Anesthesiologist. The responsibilities include induction, maintenance, and emergence at a safe and required level for the procedure and in appropriate response to the patient's age, size and medical condition.

The responsibilities of this position include considering the needs of infant, toddler, pre-school, school age, adolescent and young adult patients.

Administer anesthetics, adjuvant and accessory drugs, fluids and blood products to manage anesthesia

Administers anesthesia, drugs, fluids and blood products in a safe manner (ASA standards)

Perform all aspects of airway management

Performs mask ventilation and laryngoscopy in a competent manner.

Obtain, prepare and use equipment monitors, supplies and drugs used for administration of

anesthesia, performing and ordering safety checks, as needed

Performs anesthesia machine safety checks prior to administering anesthesia. Prepares anesthesia equipment, supplies, and drugs prior to start of anesthesia.

Recognize abnormal patient response during anesthesia, select and implement corrective action

Recognizes and responds appropriately to abnormal patient response during anesthesia.

Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency drugs and fluids and using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques

Successfully responds to emergency situations by providing excellent airway management and PALS techniques.

Initiate and administer respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation during

post-anesthesia period, including transfer to PACU / SPCU

Able to successfully ventilate a patient in the PACU / SPCU.

Qualifications

• 5 years of pediatric experience preferred
• RN license in state of practice required
• CRNA required
• CPR required

Shriners Children's is an EOE / Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace.

Shriners Children's values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.