Job Description

Full Time & PRN CRNA Opportunities in Chattanooga, TN – 2 Hours To ATL - No State Income Tax

Position Highlights: 

• Up to $242,500 Base Salary + $15,000 Retention Bonus + Sign on Bonus
• Relocation, CME ($2,500), Professional Related Expenses Reimbursement
• Full Benefits, Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, 401k with match, STD, LTD
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Paid Time Off
• Flex Spending Account
• Wellness Program
• Cell Phone Stipend
• Large primary care physicians within the larger medical group
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
  

Under direct physician supervision and direction, performs anesthetic management of patients undergoing surgical procedures and/or providing labor pain management to include airway management and assisting in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Performs pre-operative examination of patients, reviews medical history, and reviews patient's chart; selects type, dosage, and combinations of anesthesia required to meet needs of patient.
• Consults with supervising physician prior to initiating anesthesia plan.
• Administers anesthesia by intravenous injection, gas inhalation, regional block, or a combination of these, in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Administers analgesia for labor and postoperative pain utilizing regional blocks, intravenous injections or a combination of these in collaboration with the supervising physician.
• Responds to and assists in acute emergency situations by performing respiratory support and assisting medical staff as required.
• Monitors and maintain all anesthetics.
• Performs airway management during the period in which anesthesia is administered, including induction and intubation procedures.
• Documents appropriate patient assessment data in the patient record and finalize records in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrates competency in the use of anesthesia and computer-based systems.
• Assesses pain level in-patients using 0-10, faces or other approved scale to promote comfort and enable patients to participate in their healing.
• Supports operating room procedures.
• Time and attendance procedures are consistently followed.
• Proper identification of patients is consistently demonstrated.
• Patient and personnel safety procedures are followed (infection control, fire safety, electric and chemical hazards identified, etc.). System issues are brought to management’s attention in a timely manner.
• Interdisciplinary team participation is evident in all areas of practice.
• Emergency situations are immediately and competently responded to by providing airway management and by using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques as needed
• Participates in additional areas of responsibility, which are within the expertise of the individual CRNA.
• Participation in the administration and/or management of scheduling, material and supplies, billing and data management, development of policies and procedures is provided as needed.
• Participation in the quality assessment process by collecting data, reporting trends/compliance, attending committee meetings, departmental review, problem focused studies and process oversight is provided as needed.
• Participation in the education process by clinical or didactic teaching, BCLS/ACLS instruction, providing in-services, supervising residents and medical students, EMT training and/or facility continuing education is provided when needed.
• Participation as interdepartmental liaison by interfacing with other departments such as nursing, surgery, obstetrics, post-anesthesia care units, outpatient surgery, admissions, administration, laboratory, pharmacy, etc., is provided when appropriate.
• Participation in departmental and/or hospital wide committees as assigned.
• A positive environment conducive to professional development of co-workers is demonstrated on an ongoing basis including but not limited to precepting, mentoring, teaching, orienting, role modeling and team participation.
• Annual mandatory training activities are completed within established time frames.
• Initiative is demonstrated to proactively diagnose and resolve problems.
• Participates in required educational programs and monthly departmental meetings.

Job# VRTNCRNA2373

For more information, please email a copy of your CV to [email protected] or call Vicky Rinehart at 602-284-0991.

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