Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Join our team as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Danville, Pennsylvania. This full-time position offers a day schedule with a focus on providing high-quality anesthesia care in a clinical environment.

Job Description

• Anesthetizes patients.
• Selects drugs for anesthesia and emergency treatment.
• Induces and maintains anesthesia.
• Monitors the patient and adjusts medications as needed.
• Treats variants of the anesthesia.
• Communicates patient's status with the surgeon, anesthetist, and Charge CRNA.
• Assesses patient status, interprets hemodynamic waveforms, and equipment status.
• Takes corrective measures to keep the patient stable pre, peri, and post-anesthesia.
• Conducts thorough preoperative evaluation of the patient including chart review.
• Instills confidence in the patient.
• Organizes OR room with equipment monitors and drugs needed for the procedure.
• Performs diagnostic equipment checks.
• Coordinates with ancillary, nursing, and physician staff to ensure a safe environment for the patient including positioning, equipment troubleshooting, and review of surgical procedure.
• Responds to codes and maintains the airway.
• Provides anesthesia support to assigned areas.
• Charts accurately, completely, and efficiently into patient EMR.
• Transports patient safely, continues to monitor airway, and gives sign-out report to receiving team.
• Serves as an anesthesia expert, mentor, and preceptor to peers, staff, residents, students, nurses, and ancillary staff.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nursing (Required)
• Licensed Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Basic Life Support Certification
• Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania)

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision and dental coverage.

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities.

• Kindness: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• Excellence: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• Learning: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• Innovation: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• Safety: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.