Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)

Coverage Needed

• Start Date: 10/12/2026
• End Date: Ongoing
• Schedule: 24 Hour Call (7a-7a), Day Shift (7a-3p), Night Call (3p-7a)
  • Call: One night call shift per week; rotating weekend call coverage
• Shifts Per Month: 1-2 weeks per month
• Open Dates:
  • 10/12-16
  • 12/21-24
  • 12/28-31

Clinical Details

• Practice Settings: Acute care hospital; OR setting
• CRNAs practice independently with surgeon supervision based on case; responsible for managing and preparing their own cases
• Support Staff: 2.5 full-time MDs; 1 full-time CRNA
• 7 Operating Rooms & 1 Cystoscopy Room; typically run 4 ORs daily, and keep 1 room reserved for OB
• Beds: 83
• Types of Procedures/Cases: ENT, Eyes, GS, Ortho, Urology, OB; Epidurals; neuraxial anesthesia; regional anesthesia; single-shot interscalene blocks for shoulder surgery (no catheter placements); occasional regional blocks
  • Responds to code situations only when airway management assistance is required
  • Central line placement is rare
  • Pediatric cases: No patients under 1 year of age unless discussed directly between the surgeon and anesthesia provider prior to scheduling; Healthy children 6 months and older may be seen for ear tube procedures
  • ENT: Tonsillectomy patients under age 3 are admitted overnight for observation
  • Orthopedics: Total hip and knee procedures are routinely performed under spinal anesthesia with same-day discharge
• Endoscopy and TEE anesthesia support is infrequent and typically scheduled in advance for higher-acuity patients
• Facility averages approximately one delivery per day
• Call Coverage:
  • Primary call responsibilities are OB-related
    • After placing an epidural, the provider may return to the hotel while remaining on call
    • Nursing staff can manage epidural infusions, but any medication adjustments or boluses require the anesthesia provider to return to the hospital
    • For emergency C-sections, providers must be able to arrive within 17 minutes when taking call from a hotel
    • During VBAC deliveries (approximately 1 per month), the anesthesia provider must remain in-house
  • Backup call is primarily utilized for:
    • Additional epidural needs
    • Emergency C-sections
    • Situations where the primary call provider is occupied with a complex case

Requirements

• Board Certified
• Certifications: ACLS
• Experience with OB anesthesia, epidurals, spinal anesthesia, and routine regional blocks preferred
• Comfortable practicing with a high degree of autonomy
• Able to provide call coverage in a rural/community hospital setting with emphasis on obstetric support preferred
• Minimum years of Experience: 2
• Within driving distance preferred