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Form of workJOB SUMMARY: A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is an advanced practice registered nurse providing safe quality age appropriate anesthesia using established guidelines of clinical privileges approved by the Chair of Anesthesiology. The position is also a Clinical Instructor position and the CRNA directs, supervises, and evaluates Student Nurse Anesthetists.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Registered nurse and completion of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: Current RN license from the State of North Carolina. Currently certified or recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists ACLS and BLS certifications
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Ensures age/developmentally appropriate peri-operative and anesthesia care is provided in accordance with age-specific care guidelines for the specific age groups served and any present co-morbidities.
2. Supports patient safety, quality improvement and infection prevention when performing his or her job functions and through participation in facility and departmental initiatives.
3. Appropriately documents and maintains confidential records according to departmental and hospital standards.
4. Maintains flexibility with scheduling, promptness and readiness to provide patient care as needed.
5. Demonstrates professionalism through teamwork and collaboration and seeks ongoing professional educational growth.
6. Conserves resources to address cost containment.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ability to perform clinically as a nurse anesthetist by demonstrating competency in clinical responsibilities as delineated by his or her clinical privileges.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills are required to effectively collaborate with various clinical staff and other disciplines.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Subject to highly stressful environment in the Operating Room or procedural areas
- Works with anesthetic gases
- Moderate to high noise environment
- Clean, well lit environment
- Cold or hot climates
- May require long clinical hours
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.
This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
