Sr. Nurse Anesthetist – Per Diem

Job Description

Under the supervision of an anesthesiologist, perform safe anesthesia care, consisting of the following: pre-operative assessment, writing of appropriate pre-op orders as specified by approved standard procedure, administration of all types of anesthetic and techniques, patient monitoring intra-operatively, provides for safe intra-op course and emergence and assists as necessary in post- operative care.You may be assigned to a 8, 10, or 12 hours shift, including evening, nights, weekends, and holidays. Work will be assigned to various OR’s.

Qualifications

• Required: Knowledge of current nursing, anesthesia and critical care techniques as evidenced by the following:
• Valid California RN and CRNA license- required
• Graduated from an accredited Master’s or DNP program in Nurse Anesthesia -required
• Current certification/re-certification by the National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists -required
• BLS and ACLS certifications from AHA or ARC -required
• Required: Ability to perform thorough pre, intra-operative, and post-operative assessments and formulate safe anesthesia care plan.
• Required: Skill in performing pre-operative assessment of surgical and non-surgical patients, including:
• a. Identification of pre-existing disease entities and their potential impact upon anesthesia care and plan documentation of past medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, ECG and chest X-ray
• b. Understanding interactions of pre-operative drug therapy with proposed anesthetic plan and agents for all age groups
• c. Identification of abnormalities on physical examination which pose potential problems in anesthesia management
• d. Understanding the medical indications for delay of elective surgery and for pre-operative specialty consultation
• Required: Ability to explain the proposed anesthetic technique, alternatives, risks and problems, thus obtaining proper documented legal informed consent prior to the administration of anesthesia.
• Required: Ability to properly and completely document significant information to form an ane…

About the Hospital

UCLA Health hospitals ranked #1 in both Los Angeles and California and rose to #3 nationally in an annual evaluation published today by U.S. News & World Report - the highest set of rankings UCLA has received in its history.

UCLA Health once again earned a coveted spot on the national honor roll, which names only the 20 hospitals that provide the highest-quality care across a wide range of procedures and conditions.