Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

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Rush University Medical Center, a nationally recognized clinical and academic institution and the teaching hospital for Rush Medical and Nursing Colleges, located in downtown Chicago, invites applications for the position of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).

RUSH is currently recruiting for several Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) to join their team. The CRNA will function under the medical direction of the anesthesiologist with regard to pre-anesthetic, anesthetic and post-anesthetic patient management.

We have recently revamped the pay structure for this role to be extremely competitive. Sign-on bonuses are available!

Are you a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) who is looking to work at one of the top academic medical centers in the country?

If so, Rush University Medical Center is the place to enhance your career. Everything we do centers on one goal : improving patient care.

Position Highlights :

Flexible Schedule / Parking / Call :

Shifts available are 8's, 's, and 's, and your schedule can be tailored to your specific needs. This benefit is highly beneficial and unique, facilitating your lifestyle away from the operating room.

Additionally, our CRNAs are relieved on-time for their slated shifts and not on a "waterfall tear-off" system

Parking is paid for, and call requirements are minimal, with no in-house call requirements. Additionally, you are paid to carry your pager whilst on-call, and you are paid a call-rate if you are called in.

Call-ins occur about % of the time.

As a faculty member, the CRNA will clinically educate as a preceptor for SRNAs.

SRNA Grant / Illinois Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program :

• Rush offers all SRNAs the SRNA Grant and Service Agreement. Up to one year before starting on with Rush as an CRNA, students are eligible for a grant to help pay for the cost of their education.
• Illinois Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program- $5, of loan forgiveness per year up to four years total.

Benefits :

• Rush offers competitive pay with regular reviews and performance-based raises thereafter.
• Rush matches % of the employee’s contribution to their tradition retirement savings fund, up to 6% of pay deferred into the plan.

b) plan open to CRNAs - this equates to an additional sum of tax-deferred savings equivalent and in addition to the yearly limit for your (b).

• Comprehensive medical, dental, disability, flex-spending, and vision benefits. Other benefits available such as parental leave and disability leave benefits, which would include % salary continuation immediately upon birth of your child or experiencing disability.
• $, fertility benefit to cover fertility- related treatments
• hours per year of paid time-off are offered to full-time CRNAs in addition to our 7 recognized paid holidays. Part-time CRNAs receive pro-rated time-off based on their FTE.

All your hours are available to utilize once you start working-you do not have to accrue time.

Education :

$2, per year for continuing medical education is available for CRNAs, as well as $1, every three years for maintenance of licenses and certifications in addition to one workweek off per year for seminars / professional meetings.

Rush also hosts weekly grand rounds that counts for one class "A" CEU-free. Additionally, every day precepting an SRNA counts as a class "B" credit.

Position Responsibilities :

• Provide anesthesia for a variety of cases in both an inpatient outpatient setting.
• The CRNA will function as a faculty member and supervise SRNAs in the nurse anesthesia program.

Position Qualifications Include :

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Anesthesia program.
• Current IL RN / APN license.
• CPR and ACLS.

Rush University System for Health is an academic health system whose mission is to improve the health of the individuals and the diverse communities it serves through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Rush includes Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital, as well as numerous outpatient care facilities.

Rush University, with more than 2, students, is a health sciences university that comprises Rush Medical College, the College of Nursing, the College of Health Sciences and the Graduate College.

Rush University Medical Center is an elite medical community recognized for excellence in patient care, medical discovery and clinical expertise.

Our continued pursuits have earned Rush University Medical Center the distinction of being on News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for 2-3.

This places the Medical Center amongst the top of the more than 4, hospitals evaluated. News & World Report has also recognized ten Rush programs amongst the nation’s best, including top ten national rankings for neurology and neurosurgery and orthopedics.

These accolades, along with many others that include a decade of Magnet® designation, reflect the collective efforts and commitment to excellence demonstrated by our physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses and medical staff.

Rush University Medical Center has received Vizient's Quality Leadership Award, ranking first among academic medical centers across the country.

All three Rush University System for Health hospitals have earned the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation in the Healthcare Equality Index.