W‑2 PRN

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This casual, as-needed CRNA position at UPMC Shadyside sits within the University of Pittsburgh Physicians Anesthesiology Department, with shifts scheduled flexibly to support staffing needs. The hospital is a 520-bed tertiary academic teaching center with Magnet recognition and more than 19,000 surgical cases annually. Its perioperative footprint includes 21 main operating rooms, 6 ambulatory surgery operating rooms, a bronchoscopy lab, two GI labs, two electrophysiology labs, interventional radiology, CT and MRI suites, a dedicated airway team, and radiation oncology.

The department covers a broad mix of specialties, among them outpatient surgery, surgical oncology, plastics, orthopedics, cardiac and hybrid procedures including TAVR, neurosurgery, complex urology, ENT, general surgery, robotic procedures, and thoracic surgery. The organization reports more than 4,000 advanced practice professionals and over 616 CRNAs, and it describes a structured career ladder along with schedule flexibility.

In this role, the CRNA delivers anesthesia care to every patient in partnership with the supervising physician, adhering to departmental standards and hospital policy. Duties span pre-anesthetic preparation, induction, maintenance, emergence, post-anesthesia recovery, and peri-anesthesia support, along with watching for reactions to sedatives and anesthetic agents and alerting the anesthesiologist to any condition that could endanger the patient.

The CRNA is accountable for controlled substances under department and hospital rules as well as state and federal guidelines. The position also involves reviewing consent documentation, confirming the correct surgical site with the surgeon and operating room team, teaching and evaluating newly hired CRNAs, nurse anesthesia residents, and student registered nurse anesthetists, and taking part in quality improvement through charting, incident reporting, evaluation, education, and process changes.