Growing surgical practice in Atlanta, GA is looking to add a CRNA to their team. This is a full-time, Monday-Friday position.
• Perform and document the preanesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
• Review, request, and order laboratory/diagnostic studies.
• Obtain informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
• Select, obtain, order, and administer preanesthetic medication or treatment.
• Develop and implement an anesthesia care plan.
• Select, obtain, prepare, and use equipment, invasive and non-invasive monitors,
supplies, and drugs for the administration of sedation, anesthesia, and pain
management services; perform safety checks as needed.
• Select, order, obtain, and administer analgesic and anesthetic agents, adjuvant drugs,
accessory drugs, fluids, or blood products necessary to provide anesthesia services.
Perform all aspects of airway management, including fiberoptic intubation.
• Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and
selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and ventilator support to
maintain patient stability during transfer.
• Initiate and administer post-anesthesia pharmacological or fluid support of the
cardiovascular system.
• Initiate and administer respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and
oxygenation in the postanesthesia period.
• Evaluate the patient s response to anesthesia and surgery; take appropriate corrective
action during the postanesthesia period.
• Provide postanesthesia follow-up evaluation and care.
• Discharge the patient from the postanesthesia care unit.
• Implement acute and chronic pain management modalities.
• Manage emergency situations by assessing, stabilizing, and determining disposition of
patients, including providing airway management, administration of emergency drugs
and fluids, and using basic and advanced cardiac life support techniques.
