W‑2 full-time

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The role provides anesthetic care to all types of patients and procedures, working alongside the supervising or medically directing physician and following hospital policies. The CRNA administers anesthesia so patients do not feel pain during surgery or procedures, and watches patients closely for their responses to sedatives, analgesics, and anesthetic agents. Any adverse condition that could threaten a patient's safety or care must be reported promptly to the surgeon or anesthesiologist.

Minimum qualifications include a current Registered Nurse license in West Virginia or in whichever state the services will be performed, along with current certification from the national nurse anesthetist certifying body.

Core responsibilities include keeping patients safe at all times, managing airway care with a range of adjuncts such as Bullard scopes, fiberoptic scopes, and ILMA devices, and practicing only within delineated clinical privileges. The CRNA takes infection precautions, protects patient confidentiality, joins pre-anesthetic evaluations, and chooses anesthetic agents and techniques. Duties also include placing intravenous and invasive monitoring catheters, performing intubation and extubation, drawing arterial blood gas samples, and managing induction, maintenance, and emergence for general, regional, and monitored anesthesia cases. The CRNA handles fluids and blood products, documents anesthesia records, checks equipment before care, verifies consent and surgical sites, and communicates with the surgical and recovery teams. In a life-threatening emergency, the CRNA provides anesthesia when no anesthesiologist is present. The role also helps teach and evaluate newly hired CRNAs, student registered nurse anesthetists, and graduate registered nurse anesthetists, and is accountable for controlled substances under policy and state and federal rules.

Physical demands include close visual detail work, staying calm under high stress, and adapting to a varied workplace. The environment may involve contact with infectious patients and hazardous compounds and medications, strict safety protocols, and possible back strain when moving patients. The role may require on-call duty, nights, weekends, or holidays.

The position is listed as 40 scheduled hours per week on a varied shift, is exempt, and is based at a South Charleston, West Virginia site within the SMG Anesthesia group.