Nurse Anesthetist

$150,000 - $250,000/Yr

Greater Baltimore Medical Center - Towson, MD

Towson, MD

Hospitals

About the position

The Nurse Anesthetist will administer anesthesia, monitor patients' vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia within a medically directed care-team model. The Nurse Anesthetist may assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians at GBMC procedural locations.

Responsibilities

• Provides anesthesiology services within the Hospital, including pre-operative review of patients and provision of anesthetics in all procedural areas (including operative rooms, interventional radiology, endoscopy units, and Labor and Delivery) in a care team model.
• Selects, orders, and administers anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products.
• Manages patients' airway or pulmonary status using techniques such as endotracheal intubation and extubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacological support, and respiratory therapy.
• Selects, prepares, or uses equipment, monitors, supplies, or drugs for the administration of anesthetics.
• Performs pre-anesthetic screenings including physical evaluations and patient interviews, and documents results.
• Monitors patients' responses including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output using invasive and noninvasive techniques.
• Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
• Performs or manages regional anesthetic techniques such as local, spinal, epidural, caudal, nerve blocks and intravenous blocks.
• Collaborates with the attending physician anesthesiologist.
• Develops anesthesia care plans.
• Obtains informed consent from patients for anesthesia procedures.
• Assesses patients' medical histories to predict anesthesia response.
• Performs and evaluates the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs).
• Evaluates patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur.
• Administers post-anesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
• Discharges patients from post-anesthesia care.

Requirements

• Eligible for certification under the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) after completing an accredited CRNA training program and if certified, enrolled in a Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program.
• 5 years' experience preferred.
• Advanced understanding of anesthesia, perioperative medicine, and other critical care skills related to the perioperative environment.
• Demonstrated patient care skills in alignment with GBMC values.
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist from Maryland Association of Nurse Anesthetists or eligible if a new graduate at time of application.

Benefits

• Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.
• COVID-19 Vaccination requirement for all applicants.