11.5-hour shifts

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This day-shift position in the Department of Anesthesiology at a Bronx, New York hospital is a Monday-through-Friday role running from 7 AM to 7:30 PM, covering 11.5 scheduled hours per day. The position is covered by the NYSNA bargaining unit and is not grant funded. The listed hourly rate is $131.28; the posting notes that this is the hiring rate and may change based on shift differential, experience, education, or other relevant factors.

The CRNA provides general and regional anesthesia to patients under the supervision of an attending anesthesiologist. The role also includes preoperative anesthesia services in the Pre-Anesthesia Assessment Center, again working alongside the attending anesthesiologist.

Day-to-day responsibilities include preparing the anesthesia cart and supplies and checking the anesthesia machine before cases. The CRNA requisitions and labels perioperative medications, performs preoperative patient evaluations, establishes intravenous access, and applies all required monitoring equipment. Thorough, timely documentation is expected, covering anesthesia records, perioperative drug administration, and non-drug interventions and events. The CRNA also gives patient handoff reports to PACU nursing staff, keeps the operating room and anesthesia areas clean and safe, flags equipment or supply problems to anesthesia technicians, and keeps accurate counts of controlled substances.

Candidates need a Doctor of Nursing Practice or Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice degree from a nurse anesthesia program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, along with certification from the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists. Current Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications are also required.