Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Job Summary:

The main focus of the CRNA job is to provide high-quality, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services at all acuity levels, for all patients, and for a number of different reasons in a variety of settings:

characteristic job tasks and responsibilities:

• Performing comprehensive health histories and physicals
• Conducting pre-anesthesia evaluations
• Obtaining informed consents for anesthesia
• Overseeing the development of a patient plan of care
• Prescribing, and administering drugs and controlled substances (where permitted)
• Selecting/inserting both invasive and noninvasive monitoring modalities
• Providing acute, chronic, and interventional pain management services
• Providing critical care and resuscitation services
• Ordering and evaluating diagnostic tests
• Requesting consultations
• Performing point-of-care testing
• Planning and initiating anesthetic techniques, including general, regional, local and sedation
• Utilizing anesthetic techniques such as ultrasound, fluoroscopy, and other technologies to improve diagnosis and care delivery and improve patient safety and comfort
• Responding to emergency situations using airway management and other techniques
• Facilitating emergence and recovery from anesthesia
• Providing post-anesthesia care, including medication management
• Conducting post-anesthesia evaluations
• Performing discharge services

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Healthcare setting:

• Operating room

Medical specialties:

• Anesthesiology

Ability to Relocate:

• Corry, PA 16407: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person