Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

The All-American City ranked among the safest in the United States!

About the Community: El Paso, Texas El Paso is situated in the far western corner of the state of Texas. It stands on the Rio Grande, across the border from Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The two cities, along with Las Cruces (in the neighboring state of New Mexico), form a combined international metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Paso del Norte, or El Paso-Jurez-Las Cruces. The region of over 2.7 million people constitutes the largest bilingual-binational work force in the Western Hemisphere. In 2010, El Paso received an All-America City Award. El Paso has been ranked the safest large city in the United States for four consecutive years and ranked in the top three since 1997. The city is the headquarters of one Fortune 500 and three publicly traded companies, as well as home to the Medical Center of the Americas, the only medical research and care provider complex in West Texas and southern New Mexico, and the University of Texas at El Paso, the city's primary university. Here, you can experience the annual Sun Bowl, the second oldest bowl game in the country. Explore more of what El Paso has to offer here.

Airport Information: Closest major airport to El Paso is the El Paso International Airport, the gateway to West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Mexico! There are a number of airlines that are supported here, to include: Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United Airlines.

About the Facility: Fort Bliss Army Base William Beaumont Hospital El Paso has a strong federal and military presence. William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Briggs Army Airfield and Fort Bliss call this city home, where Fort Bliss is known as one of the largest military complexes of the United States Army and the largest training areas in the United States. Also headquartered in El Paso are the DEA domestic field division 7, El Paso Intelligence Center, Joint Task Force North, U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector and U.S. Border Patrol Special Operations Group. The William Beaumont Army Medical Center is a six-building complex including a seven-story, 135 bed hospital, two six-story clinic buildings, administration building, clinical investigation or research building with labs and central utility building with power generators. All the buildings except for the research building are in one connected complex. Their newest facility was just completed at the end of 2017 at a cost of $1.4b. Facility Address: 18511 Highlander Medics St, Fort Bliss, TX 79918

Cert. RN Anesthetist: RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• Manage patient anesthesia experience, perform preoperative evaluations and preparations, administer monitored anesthesia care, regional and general anesthesia, monitor and manage patient reactions to anesthesia and surgery, manage fluid therapy, perform and manage invasive monitoring, and perform post-operative evaluations as privileged by the credentials committee.
• Advise appropriate anesthesiologists of adverse reactions necessitating non-delegated medical decisions; take appropriate actions as directed or required.
• Assist with the training of other staff personnel to include in venipuncture and intravenous therapy, respiratory care, and anesthesia.
• Indicate responsibility for the contents and accuracy of all prepared reports/forms by affixing his/her own signature to the documents after validation.
• Attend and participate in professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities.
• Assist in department quality improvement activities assigned by the department chief may include, but not limited to:
  • Occurrence screening checklist
  • Patient care chart audits
  • Special studies on quality of care within the Anesthesia Service.
• Non-clinical duties will include, but is not limited to:
  • Maintaining cleanliness of anesthesia work areas and equipment.
  • Rotation of stock and removal of supplies nearing expiration.
  • Reviewing and updating of departmental operating instructions.
  • Hospital committee representation.
  • Orientation of personnel.

CRNA REQUIREMENTS:

• Must hold a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from an accredited school.
• Must be certified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA).
• Must have at least two years of experience in anesthesia post-graduation.
• Must have at least twelve months within the last twenty-four months providing epidural analgesia (labor epidurals).
• Must have experience in the delivery of and monitoring of all types of anesthesia utilized in the delivery of obstetrical anesthesia (general endotracheal, subarachnoid block and epidural).
• Must have knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Must have and maintain a valid, unrestricted, and unencumbered license in one of the 50 states in the U.S. or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Must have Basic Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications as approved by the American Heart Association.

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