Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - Anesthesiology - LBJ
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
240000RR
Position Summary:
Provides professional nursing service by administering anesthesia to surgical patients. Prepares and administers anesthetic to patients to reversibly depress bodily functions, or otherwise desensitize a patient to permit the performance of medical or surgical procedures.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Prepares and administers anesthetic agents to patients in order to desensitize them to permit the performance of medical or surgical procedures.
- Performs pre-anesthesia evaluation of the patient in order to ascertain physiological and psychological factors which influence the selection of anesthetic agent and the formulation of the plan of anesthetic management.
- Monitors the patient in the operating room in order to maintain the patients in a homeostatic condition and to assure that unnecessary injuries are not inflicted on the patient.
- Records anesthetic information on the anesthesia chart to provide a permanent record necessary for the care of the patient, to provide material for teaching, for study, and to establish a medical-legal record.
- Provides clinical supervision or guidance of nurse anesthesia students, paramedical, and medical students in order to contribute to their clinical training.
- Responds to emergency situations.
- Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
- Current Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse
- Current Texas Licensure as APRN
- Current American Association of Nurse Anesthetist certification (AANA)
- BLS, ACLS and/or other specialty certification as required by department
- The incumbent must meet 2 of 6 established requirements:
- Experienced in a major medical center or a major trauma receiving hospital.
- Skilled in administration of varied regional anesthesia techniques, i.e., spinal, epidurals, brachial plexus blocks.
- Skilled in the placement of arterial lines, CVP, and PA lines, and is capable in the use and interpretation of varied pressure monitoring and lab values.
- Active pursuit of continuing education credits.
- Experienced in academics, i.e., has worked with nurse anesthesia students, residents, and medical students.
- Experienced as an R.N. in the critical and acute care areas; is familiar with the use and interpretation of EKG, arterial, central venous and pulmonary artery pressure monitoring; is skilled in respiratory management and blood gas analysis based on therapeutic knowledge.
Masters in Nurse Anesthesia
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Physical Requirements:
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
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