Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)| Houston, TX

Additional Summary Specific to Job

Certification as a Nurse Anesthetist. (CRNA). A minimum of 6 months of work experience in anesthetizing pediatric patients is desirable. Opportunity to onboarding will be provided.

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.

Preferred Certification/Skills:

• Competency in the placement of pediatric airway devices, and vascular access and understands or can interpret varied pressure monitoring and lab values.
• Experienced as an R.N. in the critical and acute care areas, especially pediatric or neonatal; 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  

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