Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

TriValley Plastic Surgery One of the leading the Bay Area has to offer.

Located in Dublin, CA, serving the entire San Francisco area as well as patients around the world.

Lead by a team of highly trained surgeons and medical professionals including expert injectors.

Duties and Responsibilities: CRNAs are licensed, independent practitioners who practice both autonomously and in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team providing high-quality, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services at all acuity levels, for all patients, and for a number of different reasons in a variety of settings.

Provides pre-anesthetic preparation and patient evaluation.

Ensures patient identification and obtains appropriate health history.

Recommends, requests, and evaluates pertinent diagnostic studies.

Documents pre-anesthetic evaluation.

Obtains informed consent for anesthesia.

Selects and/or administers pre-anesthetic medications.

Selects prepares and administers anesthetic agents or other agents administered in management of anesthetic care.

Informs anesthesiologist and/or surgeon of changes in patients condition.

Provides anesthesia induction, maintenance, emergence, and post anesthesia care.

Performs tracheal intubation and extubation, airway management.

Provides mechanical ventilation.

Performs venous and arterial punctures.

Obtains blood samples.

Performs and manages regional anesthetic.

Manages patients fluid, blood, electrolyte and acid base balance.

Provides perianesthetic invasive and non-invasive monitoring utilizing current standards and techniques.

Responds to abnormal findings with corrective action.

Recognizes and treats cardiac dysrhythmias through use of perianesthetic electrocardiogram monitoring.

Evaluates patient response during emergence from anesthesia.

Institutes pharmacological or supportive treatment to insure adequacy of patient recovery from anesthesia and adjuvant drugs.

Provides post anesthesia follow-up, report, and evaluation of patients response to anesthesia and for potential anesthetic complication.

Identifies and manages emergency situations.

Initiates or participates in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.

Qualifications: Two (2)
– four (4) years of anesthesia care in acute setting experience is highly preferred.

Graduate of accredited nurse anesthesia program Must have a California state RN License Must have a California state APRN Recognition Must be a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Must be a Certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association Strong patient assessment skills Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, customer service, adaptability, and change management Familiar with EHR/EMR software.

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