Nurse Anesthetist LBJ Hospital - (Casual Role) (Finance)
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Position Key Accountabilities:
Prepares and administers anesthetic agents to patients in order to desensitize them to permit the
performance of medical or surgical procedures.
• Performs pre-anesthesia evaluation of the patient in order to ascertain physiological and
psychological factors which influence the selection of anesthetic agent and the formulation of the
plan of anesthetic management.
• Monitors the patient in the operating room in order to maintain the patients in a homeostatic
condition and to assure that unnecessary injuries are not inflicted on the patient.
• Records anesthetic information on the anesthesia chart to provide a permanent record necessary
for the care of the patient, to provide material for teaching, for study, and to establish a medical legal record.
• Provides clinical supervision or guidance of nurse anesthesia students, paramedical, and medical
students in order to contribute to their clinical training. Responds to emergency situations.
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring
and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance
evaluations, and salary planning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills: APRN-BC - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified required
CRNA - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist current American Association of Nurse Anesthetist certification
(AANA)BLS, required.
ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and/or other specialty certification as required by department
required.
Minimum Education: Master's Degree in Nurse Anesthesia required.
Minimum Experience: Experienced in a major medical center or a major trauma receiving hospital required.
Experienced in academics, i.e., has worked with nurse anesthesia students, residents, and medical
students required.
Experienced as an R.N. in the critical and acute care areas required.
