Crna

Full Time & PRN CRNA Opportunities in Chattanooga TN 2 Hours To ATL No State Income Tax

Position Highlights:

• Up to $242500 Base Salary $15000 Retention Bonus Sign on Bonus
• Relocation CME $2500 Professional Related Expenses Reimbursement
• Full Benefits Medical Dental Vision Disability 401k with match STD LTD
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft
• Paid Time Off
• Flex Spending Account
• Wellness Program
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Large primary care physicians within the larger medical group
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
  

Under direct physician supervision and direction performs anesthetic management of patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or providing labor pain management to include airway management and assisting in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Performs preoperative examination of patients reviews medical history and reviews patients chart; selects type dosage and combinations of anesthesia required to meet needs of patient.
• Consults with supervising physician prior to initiating anesthesia plan.
• Administers anesthesia by intravenous injection gas inhalation regional block or a combination of these in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Administers analgesia for labor and postoperative pain utilizing regional blocks intravenous injections or a combination of these in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Responds to and assists in acute emergency situations by performing respiratory support and assisting medical staff as required.
• Monitors and maintain all anesthetics.
• Performs airway management during the period in which anesthesia is administered including induction and intubation procedures.
• Documents appropriate patient assessment data in the patient record and finalize records in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrates competency in the use of anesthesia and computerbased systems.
• Assesses pain level inpatients using 010 faces or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing.
• Supports operating room procedures.
• Time and attendance procedures are consistently followed.
• Proper identification of patients is consistently demonstrated.
• Patient and personnel safety procedures are followed (infection control fire safety electric and chemical hazards identified etc.. System issues are brought to managements attention in a timely manner.
• Interdisciplinary team participation is evident in all areas of practice.
• Emergency situations are immediately and competently responded to by providing airway management and by using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques as needed
• Participates in additional areas of responsibility which are within the expertise of the individual CRNA.
• Participation in the administration and/or management of scheduling material and supplies billing and data management development of policies and procedures is provided as needed.
• Participation in the quality assessment process by collecting data reporting trends/compliance attending committee meetings departmental review problem focused studies and process oversight is provided as needed.
• Participation in the education process by clinical or didactic teaching BCLS/ACLS instruction providing inservices supervising residents and medical students EMT training and/or facility continuing education is provided when needed.
• Participation as interdepartmental liaison by interfacing with other departments such as nursing surgery obstetrics postanesthesia care units outpatient surgery admissions administration laboratory pharmacy etc. is provided when appropriate.
• Participation in departmental and/or hospital wide committees as assigned.
• A positive environment conducive to professional development of coworkers is demonstrated on an ongoing basis including but not limited to precepting mentoring teaching orienting role modeling and team participation.
• Annual mandatory training activities are completed within established time frames.
• Initiative is demonstrated to proactively diagnose and resolve problems.
• Participates in required educational programs and monthly departmental meetings.

Job# VRTNCRNA2373

For more information please email a copy of your CV to or call Vicky Rinehart at.