Nurse Anesthetist

Overview

New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University‑New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state‑at Rutgers University‑New Brunswick, including Piscataway;

and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Nurse Anesthetist for the department of Anesthesiology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The primary purpose of the Nurse Anesthetist (Certified Registered) position is to administer anesthesia‑related care in four general categories: (1) pre‑anesthetic preparation and evaluation, (2) anesthesia induction, maintenance and emergence, (3) post‑anesthesia care, and (4) peri‑anesthetic and clinical support functions.

• Perform and document a pre‑anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient, including requesting consultations and diagnostic studies, selecting, obtaining, ordering or administering pre‑anesthetic medications and fluids, and obtaining informed consent for anesthesia.
• Develop and implement an anesthetic plan.
• Select and initiate the planned anesthetic technique, which may include general, regional and local anesthesia and intravenous sedation/monitored anesthesia care (MAC).
• Select, obtain or administer the anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, and fluids necessary to manage the anesthetic, maintain the patient’s physiologic homeostasis, and correct abnormal responses to anesthesia or surgery.
• Select, apply, or insert appropriate non‑invasive and invasive monitoring modalities for collecting and interpreting patient physiological data.
• Manage a patient’s airway and pulmonary status using endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, respiratory therapy or extubation.

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax‑deferred savings options
• Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable)
• Life insurance coverage
• Employee discount programs

This position requires a fully on‑site work arrangement.

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Anesthesia Education Program with a Master’s Degree in a related field; or graduation from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Education programs prior to January 1998 is required.

• Applicants must have successfully completed the National Certification Examination to be a CRNA and maintain current certification.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse and Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) in the State of New Jersey and current certification as a Nurse Anesthetist by the Council on Certification/recertification of Nurse anesthetists of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
• Successful completion/certification in Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.