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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | Le Bonheur Children's Hospital | Sign-On Bonus & Relocation Assistance eligible
Opportunity Criteria
CRNA | Le Bonheur Children's Hospital | Sign-On Bonus & Relocation Assistance Eligible
$10,000 Sign-On Bonus & up to $6,000 Relocation Assistance
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A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who practices both autonomously and in collaboration with a variety of health care providers on the interprofessional team to deliver high-quality, holistic, evidence-based anesthesia and pain care services. The CRNA cares for patients at all acuity levels across the lifespan in a variety of settings for procedures including, but not limited to, surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic, therapeutic and pain management. Models appropriate behavior as exemplified in MLH Mission, Vision and Values.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Performs and documents the preanesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient. Obtains informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
- Reviews, requests, and orders laboratory/diagnostic studies.
- Selects, obtains, orders, and administers preanesthetic mediation or treatment.
- Develops and implements an anesthesia care plan. Provides postanesthesia follow-up and care.
- Selects, obtains, prepares, and uses equipment, invasive and non-invasive monitors, supplies, and medications for the administration of sedation, anesthesia, and pain management services; perform safety checks as needed.
- Selects, orders, obtains, and administers analgesic and anesthetic agents, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products necessary to provide anesthesia services.
- Performs all aspects of airway management, including fiberoptic intubation.
- Initiates and administers post-anesthesia pharmacological or fluid support of the cardiovascular system. Initiates and administers respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation in the postoperative period.
- Evaluates the patient’s response to anesthesia and surgery; take appropriate corrective action during the postanesthesia period.
- Discharges the patient from the postanesthesia care unit.
- Implements acute and chronic pain management modalities.
- Manages emergency situations by assessing, stabilizing, and determining disposition of patients, including providing airway management, administration of emergency drugs and fluids, and using basic and advanced cardiac life support techniques.
- Places and manages regional anesthetic techniques, as delineated by clinical privileges.
Hospital Information:
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is a leader in pediatric clinical care and research and is the region’s premier teaching hospital for future pediatricians, pediatric surgical specialists, and clinicians. Our partnerships with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have helped build a strong reputation for both teaching and discovery.
Le Bonheur broke ground on our new hospital in February 2008, and the new Le Bonheur Children’s opened in December 2010. The $340-million, 610,000-square-foot hospital doubled Le Bonheur’s previous space for patient care, research, and teaching. The new hospital is designed to serve the children of our area for the next 50 years and beyond. Everything from interior design to state-of-the-art technology is focused on one thing - providing exceptional care for children.
The new hospital features:
- A campus that is 50 percent larger than the previous facility and covers more than one million square feet.
- Twelve patient care floors with the capacity for 255 inpatient beds and the ability to expand.
- Dedicated units for pediatric intensive care, cardiovascular intensive care, and neonatal intensive care.
- An Emergency Department with 64 patient treatment rooms, more than double the previous size.
- New diagnostic and treatment services include a 14-room surgical suite, a two-room cardiac catheterization laboratory, an interventional radiology suite, and an endoscopy suite.
- 10-Bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
- Intraoperative MRI (3 Tesla)
- Dedicated Neuro-ICU (9 Beds)
- Ability to perform PET, SPECT, FMRI, MEG, MRI, and co-register.
- A significant increase in research space
- Private patient rooms are designed to accommodate comfortable sleeping spaces for two parents.
- Playrooms and space for families to gather on every inpatient floor.
- Diversionary settings for inpatients, outpatients, and siblings include a reading room, a mini-movie theater, and play areas.
- A parent stays unit for family members who want to remain close to their children in critical care.
- Le Bonheur Club’s Parent Resource Center, with access to learning materials, the Internet, and patient educators.
Health System Info:
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
In 1995, Le Bonheur Children's became a part of the Methodist Healthcare family, supported by the Memphis, Mississippi, and Arkansas conferences of The United Methodist Church. Other Methodist Healthcare facilities include:
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For more information on Methodist Healthcare, visit www.methodisthealth.org
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Facility & Address
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
- Memphis TN 38103
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Contact Information
Casandra Smith APP Recruiter
- Phone:901-478-1195
- Email:Click to email
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