Locum CRNA

Los Angeles

Published 1 month ago

**Position Overview: Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)**

- **Coverage Duration:** Immediate start for 3 months (13 weeks) with the option for extension.  

- **Work Environment:** Both hospital and ambulatory surgery center settings.

  - **Facility Size:**  - Hospital: 460 beds with 17 operating rooms (ORs) and 3 labor and delivery (L&D) rooms.  - Ambulatory Surgery Center: 5 ORs.  

- **Shifts/Scheduling:**  - Predominantly Monday to Friday with potential coverage on weekends, maximum once per month.  - Shift structure: Options for 5x8 or 4x10, either 11 PM to 7:30 AM or 9 PM to 7:30 AM.  

- **Clinical Responsibilities:** 

 - Competence with healthy pediatric patients is essential; obstetric (OB) experience preferred but not mandatory

.  - Candidates should ideally be capable of managing a full range of anesthesia cases, although this is not a requirement.  - Focus on lower-acuity pediatric cases, with no critical pediatric patients as care is provided by dedicated pediatric anesthesiologists.

  - Case types include orthopedic, pediatric, urological, gastrointestinal (GI), interventional radiology, head and neck, catheterization lab, spinal procedures, and epidurals.  

- **Call Requirements:** No call obligations.  

- **Patient Volume/Census:** Patient load contingent on scheduled cases for the day.

  - **Staffing Ratio:** 1:1 CRNA to anesthesiologist ratio per shift, supported by available staff.  

- **Electronic Medical Records (EMR):** EPIC system utilized.

  - **Certification Requirements:** Candidates must possess current Board Certification, along with BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications per American Heart Association standards.   

- **Licensing Candidates:** No consideration for licensing candidates will be entertained.

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