Job Description
Career Opportunities with Platinum Business CorporationA great place to work.UPCOMING AWARD - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)Labor Category: 4.5 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)HCW Qualifications (Contract PWS 5.2.3; 5.2.4):Minimum Qualifications:Degree: Master's degree in nursing. Graduate from an academic program, approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA).Certification in addition to Basic Life Support (5.2.3): Certified as a Registered Nurse Anesthetist from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) or the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). CRNAs will maintain current certification by the Council on Certification/Recertification of Nurse Anesthetist.Experience: Minimum one year of experience in the past two years prior to execution of the contract as a nurse anesthetist. In the Labor and Delivery Unit and the main Operating Room, the CRNAs shall have experience in the delivery of and monitoring of all types of anesthesia utilized (general endotracheal, subarachnoid block and epidural). Must have current experience in the past year (3 months or more of the last 12 months) providing epidural anesthesia (labor epidurals).Licensure: Contract workers requiring licensure shall have and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license specific to the position (with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions) in one of the 50 US States and/or territories.Life support training: The CRNA must possess and maintain current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and for L&D CRNAs Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).Core Duties:Manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional and general anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations as privileged by the MTF Credentials Committee.Perform a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient.Develop and implement an anesthetic plan of care.Perform an assessment immediately prior to induction of anesthesia of the patient.Maintain the patient's physiologic homeostasis and correct abnormal responses to the anesthesia and/or surgery.Collect and interpret patient physiological data by selecting, applying, or inserting noninvasive monitoring modalities.Manage the patient's airway and pulmonary status.Manage the patient's emergence and recovery from anesthesia.Record all pertinent events taking place during the introduction of, maintenance of and emergence from anesthesia.Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia related complications of the procedure.HCW Duties (5.1 Task 1):Pre-anesthetic preparation and evaluation.Intra-operative Care.Post-anesthesia Care.Clinical Support Functions.Administrative. #J-18808-Ljbffr