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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Aspen Medical
Lackland, TX, United StatescontractVerifiedPosted 23 Jan 2025
💰 $300,000/yr($260,000/yr$300,000/yr)

About the role

JOB AD: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Introduction:  Aspen Medical has an exciting opportunity for CRNAs to partner with us in providing temporary contracted medical services to Military Treatment Facilities throughout the United States. Today’s posting will place you at the primary location of Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Lackland, TX. This opportunity allows employees to work with the federal government, offering competitive compensation and a strong work-life balance.

Hospital: Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
Location: United States, Lackland, TX  

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Degree: Master's degree in nursing
  • Education: Graduate from an academic program, approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA)
  • Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: 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). Additionally, have and maintain current certification in advanced cardiac life support ACLS and PALS
  • Experience: Must have practiced (Clinical Competency) within the specialty within the last 2 years. Additionally, have experience in the delivery of and monitoring of all types of anesthesia
  • Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist

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. This includes obtaining informed consent from the patient, requesting consultations and/or diagnostic studies, and ordering pre-anesthetic medications
  • Develop and implement an anesthetic plan of care
  • Perform an assessment immediately before the induction of anesthesia of the patient. This shall include a review of the medical record concerning completeness, pertinent laboratory data, time of administration, and dosage of pre-anesthesia medication, together with an appraisal of any changes in the patient's condition from that noted on previous visits. This note shall include any previous anesthetic experiences and complications thereof noted in the medical record
  • 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 by maintaining homeostasis, providing relief from pain and anesthesia side effects, and preventing and managing complications through selecting, obtaining, ordering, and administrating medications, fluids or ventilator support
  • Record all pertinent events taking place during the introduction of, maintenance of and emergence from anesthesia, including the dosage and duration of all anesthetic agents, other drugs, intravenous fluids, and blood or blood components on all patients that have received anesthesia care
  • Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia-related complications of the procedure

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