Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Join our team as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Fort Dodge, Iowa, located 65 miles from Des Moines. This position offers a full-time, permanent opportunity within a health system that provides coordinated clinic, hospital, and home-based care for patients in Fort Dodge and surrounding communities. As a designated regional referral center, the hospital offers a wide range of primary and secondary care services and has achieved Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Job Description

• Full-time, permanent position
• Hospital employed
• All CRNA practice
• Cohesive group of colleagues and supportive staff allowing for autonomy
• 4 room model
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on Epic EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and prepares patients for required anesthetic to be administered
• Administer anesthetics as required
• Must function independently
• Performs post-anesthesia duties in accordance with departmental policies
• No Heads or Hearts
• Patient-focused, friendly, and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Ability to work as a team member to improve the health of the people and communities we serve
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical, and problem-solving skills

Requirements

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Anesthesia for Nurses
• Board eligible or board certified
• Complies with criteria for recertification
• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
• BLS, ACLS, PALS required
• Experience preferred but not required
• Eligible to work in the United States

Benefits

• Attractive compensation package including signing bonus, retention bonus, and relocation allowance
• A competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in
• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions, and more
• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers' work-life balance
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation
• Support and development opportunities that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience
• A culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve

Community Overview

About the group: A non-profit 900-member physician group practice serving 2,000,000 patients from 280 locations in Iowa and Illinois. The clinic has a base of primary care physicians in family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics. In addition, it offers physician services in subspecialty areas including pulmonology/critical care, endocrinology/diabetes, infectious disease, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and rheumatology.