Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group

Position Summary

 

Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group

Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a comprehensive emergency, medical, and surgical acute-care facility, serving the residents of the region for more than 110 years. Bayfront Health has been part of the Orlando Health organization since October 2020.

 

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a 480-bed tertiary care center and the only Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. With advanced technology and expertise in numerous specialties, including cardiovascular, neuroscience, obstetrics, digestive health, orthopedics, surgery, emergency and trauma, and acute rehabilitation, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care. The hospital holds DHV-GL certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Joint Commission certification in hip and knee joint replacement. A 38-bed neurosciences unit has a dedicated neurology team with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s disease. Bayfront Health has been accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 adult epilepsy center. This accreditation is reserved for centers providing the most complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment. Bayfront Health Baby Place offers full obstetrical care and, in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, is a state-certified Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC) — one of only 13 in Florida.

 

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is committed to staying at the forefront of medical research and technology and, as a teaching hospital, provides an exceptional training and learning environment with residency programs in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and pharmacy; a fellowship program in sports medicine; and home to the NAACLS-accredited Bayfront Health St. Petersburg School of Medical Technology.

 

Recognized with many patient-care quality and safety ratings over the years, recent awards include:

High-performing rankings in diabetes and stroke – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024

Tampa Bay Best of the Best 2023 – Tampa Bay Times

Best Place to Have a Baby

Best Emergency Room

Best Cardiology

Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Plus Achievement - Stroke – American Heart Association, 2023

Gold Plus Achievement - 10-Year Recognition

Target: Stroke™ Honor Roll

Target: Type 2™ Diabetes Honor Roll

Heart Failure Accreditation – American College of Cardiology

 

 

Position Summary:

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) administers anesthesia and anesthesia-related care under the direction of an attending anesthesiologist in the operating room and satellite areas.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions of the CRNA

• Participate in pre-anesthetic preparation and evaluation.
• Performs pre-anesthetic assessment before each procedure as supervised or directed by the attending anesthesiologist.
• Formulates a patient-specific anesthetic plan of care in collaboration with the attending anesthesiologist.
• Determines, prepares, and ensures necessary medications, equipment, and adjunct therapies for the administration of anesthetics.
• Initiates a plan of anesthesia care (general, regional, monitored anesthesia care) under the supervision or direction of an attending anesthesiologist.
• Prepares and tests anesthesia equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Inserts and/or uses invasive and non-invasive monitoring devices for continuous evaluation of the patient’s status under anesthesia.
• Demonstrates proficiency in monitoring and management of airway; cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neuromuscular status; and emergence and recovery from an anesthetic.
• Supervises, instructs and evaluates student anesthetists.
• Maintains legible, accurate, and complete medical records for each anesthetic administered.
• Transfers responsibility for care of the patient to other qualified providers post-operatively. Ensures continuity of care and patient safety.
• Adheres to patient and personnel safety procedures (infection control, fire, electrical safety, and chemical hazards).
• Perform post-anesthesia evaluations as supervised or directed by the attending anesthesiologist.
• Demonstrates proficiency with maintenance of equipment and clean work areas. Reports necessary equipment repairs and adjustments via proper channels.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient safety and quality delivery of anesthesia care.
• Participate in the quality assessment processes developed by Orlando He