Certified Nurse Anesthetist

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Provides exceptional patient care in collaboration with anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other physicians to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures. Cultivates a patient‑centric environment that focuses on the whole individual, inclusive of physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional needs of the patient, family, and significant others. Serves as the focal professional for the continuity of care within scope of practice standards, as well as specialty‑specific standards to address and resolve problems that may arise.

• Clinical Care:
  The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) implements accurate, safe, patient‑centric anesthetic care.
• Professional Skill:
  Understands physiologic implications and anesthetic considerations of surgical procedures, constantly monitors vital signs, capnography, and pulse oximetry during anesthesia according to ASA guidelines.
• Information Management:
  The CRNA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer‑based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
• Quality Management:
  The CRNA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
• Professional Development:
  The CRNA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

• Education
  :
  Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist completion of a Certified Nurse Anesthetist Training Program; graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Educational Program accredited by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; current State of Connecticut Nursing License, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the State of Connecticut.
• Experience
  :
  Prefer clinical working experience as a CRNA within the given specialty/service line, but none required. APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process. Evidence of current competence to practice as an APRN, PA, CRNA, or CNM via appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be obtainable during the Medical Staff appointment process in order to be eligible.
• Licensure
  :
  Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (AANA Certification);
  State of CT RN and APRN license; ACLS; DEA Registration;
  State of CT Controlled Substance Registration.
• Special Skills
  :
  Sharp concentration and focus, along with the ability to stay calm under stressful conditions; clear and effective communication with surgeons and the surgical support team, as well as with patients and their families. A calm and reassuring manner to inspire trust in patients and the surgical team. Anesthetic patient management must be immediate and responsive. Flexibility and adaptability are required.
• Physical Demands
  :
  Must demonstrate intellectual‑conceptual, integrative, and quantitative abilities; skills in observation, communication, and motor functions; and mature behavioral and social attributes. Must detect and interpret changes in monitoring alarms and equipment; functional vision and hearing, with no impairment of sense of smell and tactile sensation. Must be able to speak, hear, observe, read, and write effectively. Sufficient motor function to stand for long periods, wear lead as needed for fluoroscopy and X‑ray cases, lift 25 pounds, and reach above and below shoulder height.
  
  Must be able to negotiate patient care environments and move self/patients between anesthesia locations. Requires coordination of gross and fine muscular movements, equilibrium, and functional use of touch and vision.

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