Urgent Needed-Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Matrix Providers is hiring a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in Jacksonville, FL.

Employment Status: Full-time Compensation: This position is for an IC and is paid hourly, bi-weekly. Schedule: Services shall be provided between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Shifts will be 8.5 hours, including an uncompensated 30-minute meal break, and will be scheduled flexibly across department operating hours.

Requirements: The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) must have and meet the following:

• Degree: Master's degree in nursing.
• Education: Graduate from an academic program approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs (COA).
• Certification: Certified as a Registered Nurse Anesthetist by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) or the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA).
• Experience: Demonstrated clinical competency within the past two years in the required clinical discipline.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse anesthetist.

Job Summary:

• Manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional and general anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations as privileged by the Medical Treatment Facility Credentials Committee.
• Perform a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of the patient. This includes obtaining informed consent from the patient, requesting consultations and diagnostic studies, and ordering pre-anesthetic medications.
• Develop and implement an anesthetic plan of care.
• Perform an assessment immediately before the induction of anesthesia of the patient. This includes a review of the medical record regarding completeness, pertinent laboratory data, time of administration, and dosage of pre-anesthesia medication, together with an appraisal of any changes in the patient's condition from previous visits. This note shall include any previous anesthetic experiences and complications noted in the medical record.
• Maintain the patient's physiological homeostasis and correct abnormal responses to the anesthesia and surgery.
• Collect and interpret patient physiological data by selecting, applying, or inserting noninvasive monitoring modalities.
• Manage the patient's airway and pulmonary status.
• Manage the patient's emergence and recovery from anesthesia by maintaining homeostasis, providing relief from pain and anesthesia side effects, and preventing complications by selecting, obtaining, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, or ventilator support.
• Record all pertinent events during the introduction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia, including the dosage and duration of all anesthetic agents, other drugs, intravenous fluids, and blood or blood components on all patients that have received anesthesia care.
• Record post-anesthetic visits, including at least one note describing the presence or absence of anesthesia-related complications of the procedure.