Full time position available.
Potential schedule: Position 1 schedule - call and weekend coverage, Position 2 schedule - M-F 7A-3P no call or weekends.
A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who practices both autonomously and in collaboration with a variety of health providers on the inter professional team to deliver high-quality, holistic, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services. The CRNA cares for patients at all acuity levels across the lifespan in a variety of settings for procedures including, but not limited to, surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pain management.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates current competency in the clinical responsibilities specified below
- Perform and document the preanesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
- Reviews, requests, and orders (as permitted by state law), laboratory/diagnostic studies.
- Obtains informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
- Selects, obtains, orders, and administers preanesthetic medication or treatment.
- Develops and implements an anesthesia care plan.
- Selects, obtains, prepares, and uses equipment, invasive and non-invasive monitors, supplies, and drugs for the administration of sedation, anesthesia, and pain management services; perform safety checks as needed.
- Selects, orders, obtains, and administers analgesic and anesthetic agents, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products necessary to provide anesthesia services.
Education: Masters in Nurse Anesthesia required.
License/Certification: American Association of Nurse Anesthetics (AANA) Required, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesist (CRNA) Required, Basic Life Support (CPR) Required, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Required. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)- Required, National Board of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists- Required
After completing the online application, please email CV to Provider Services at [email protected] or [email protected].Browse our benefits OGHS-Benefits.pdf
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Nurse Anesthesia
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetics certification
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist certification
- Basic Life Support certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification
- National Board of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists certification
What We Do
Established in 1957, OGH has grown to a 171-bed full service medical center as complete and as inclusive as any referral hospital in the state. Opelousas General Health System is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American College of Pathologists, American College of Radiology, and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
