Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist will work with the interprofessional healthcare team to deliver high‑quality anesthesia within a Care Team Model. The CRNA will care for patients across all acuity levels through the lifespan in a variety of settings including surgical, obstetrical, and diagnostic areas.

• Flexible Scheduling
• Multiple shifts available 8, 10, and 12 hour shifts
• Part‑time schedules available
• No nights, weekends, call or holidays required
• Full scope of practice:
  Ability to practice regional anesthesia if desired
• New graduates welcome
• Free parking
• Starting salary is $240,000 and increases based on years of experience

• Eligible for certification under the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) after completing an accredited CRNA training program and, if certified, enrolled in a Continued Professional Certification (CPC) program.
• Graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.

• 5 years’ experience preferred.
• New graduates welcome to apply.

• Advanced understanding of anesthesia, perioperative medicine, and other critical‑care skills related to the perioperative environment.
• Demonstrated patient care skills in alignment with GBMC values.

• BLS, ACLS and PALS required.
• Holds current active state licensure in the state of Maryland and complies with all applicable state statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to CRNAs.
• Currently certified or recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists and is enrolled in the Continued Professional Certification (CPC) program.

• Provides anesthesiology services within the hospital, including pre‑operative review of patients and provision of anesthetics in all procedural areas (operating rooms, interventional radiology, endoscopy units, and Labor and Delivery) in a care‑team model.
• Selects, orders, and administers anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products.
• Manages patients’ airway or pulmonary status using techniques such as endotracheal intubation and extubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, and respiratory therapy.
• Selects, prepares, or uses equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
• Performs pre‑anesthetic screenings including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and documents results.
• Monitors patients’ responses including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output using invasive and non‑invasive techniques.
• Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
• Performs or manages regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
• Collaborates with the attending physician anesthesiologist.
• Develops anesthesia care plans.
• Obtains informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
• Assesses patients’ medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
• Performs and evaluates the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x‑rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
• Evaluates patients’ post‑surgical or post‑anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
• Administers post‑anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients’ cardiovascular systems.
• Discharges patients from post‑anesthesia care.

• Respect Treat others with courtesy, fairness, kindness, and respect for personal dignity and privacy; listen and respond appropriately to others’ needs, feelings, and capabilities.
• Excellence Meet and/or exceed customer expectations; actively pursue learning and self‑development; pay attention to detail and follow through.
• Accountability Set a positive, professional example; take ownership of problems and solve them; appropriately plan and utilize required resources; report to work regularly and on time.
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