9.5-hour shifts

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This day-shift position in the Department of Anesthesiology at a Bronx, New York hospital is set up for a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who provides general and regional anesthesia under the supervision of an attending anesthesiologist. The nurse anesthetist also delivers preoperative anesthesia care in the Pre-Anesthesia Assessment Center, working alongside the attending anesthesiologist. The role is part of the NYSNA bargaining unit and is not grant funded.

Schedule runs Monday through Friday from 7 AM to 5:30 PM, which totals 9.5 scheduled hours per day. The listed hourly rate is $131.28; the posting notes that this is the starting rate and may change based on shift differential, experience, education, or other relevant factors.

Daily duties include setting up the anesthesia cart and supplies, and checking the anesthesia machine before each case. The CRNA requisitions, prepares, and labels perioperative medications, completes preoperative patient evaluations, establishes intravenous access, and applies all required monitoring. Documentation is expected to be timely and legible, covering department records, pharmacological interventions, non-pharmacological interventions, and events on the anesthesia record. After procedures, the CRNA gives patient handoff to PACU nursing staff.

The CRNA is also responsible for keeping the operating room and anesthesia areas clean and safe, alerting anesthesia technicians to equipment problems or supply needs, and keeping accurate counts of all controlled substances used.

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.