8-hour shifts

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This full-time day position in the Anesthesia department at a site in Owatonna, Minnesota, involves 8-hour shifts totaling 40 hours per week, with weekend rotation every fourth weekend. The role is non-union. The nurse anesthetist provides anesthesia to render patients insensitive to pain for diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedures, along with airway management, IV access, and monitored anesthesia care in areas throughout the facility, and responds to requests for pain-related consultation.

Core duties include pre-anesthesia assessment, reviewing orders, obtaining informed consent, positioning and securing patients, selecting an anesthetic technique such as general, regional, local, or sedation, managing airway and cardiopulmonary status, and guiding emergence and recovery. The nurse anesthetist also discharges patients with a summary of their history and surgical events. Support work extends to other patient care areas, including placing peripheral and arterial catheters, drawing arterial blood samples, taking part in CPR and resuscitation, and consulting on respiratory and ventilator care. Additional responsibilities include serving as a resource to colleagues, taking charge duties when assigned, precepting students and orientees, and contributing to improvement efforts.

Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree, graduation from an accredited nursing program, a master's degree from a nurse anesthetist program, and zero to two years of practice as a CRNA. Experience of two to five years as a CRNA is preferred. Candidates need a Minnesota Registered Nurse license and a Minnesota Registered Nurse Anesthetist credential upon hire, along with ACLS and BLS certification. PALS is required within 120 days of hire at this location.

The position is medium physical work, with lifting of up to 32 pounds occasionally and up to 25 pounds frequently, subject to the organization's safe patient moving policy. The posted base pay range is $130.00 to $140.00 per hour; starting pay depends on factors such as experience, education, and any applicable union agreement, and shift or weekend differentials may apply.

Benefits include medical and dental coverage, paid time off, retirement savings plans, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, optional vision, legal, and critical illness coverage, tuition or continuing medical education support, and student loan assistance, including help with the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Well-being resources are also offered, such as well-being dollars and navigators. Eligibility for some offerings depends on full-time equivalent status and union representation.