Locum Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), NP/PA

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

- **Coverage Duration:** Immediate start for a period of 13 weeks, with the potential for extension.
 

- **Practice Environment:** Hospital and ambulatory surgery center setting.
 

- **Facility Capacity:**
 - Total hospital beds: 460
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 Operating Rooms (ORs): 17 at the medical center, 5 at the ambulatory surgery center
 - Labor & Delivery rooms: 3
 

- **Work Schedule:** Primarily Monday to Friday, with the occasional weekend coverage (maximum once a month). Shift options include either 5x8 hour shifts (11 PM - 7:30 AM or 9 PM - 7:30 AM) or 4x10 hour shifts.
 

- **Clinical Responsibilities:**
 - Proficiency with healthy pediatric patients is required. Experience in obstetrics is preferred but not mandatory.
 

- While a full-scope anesthesia practice is advantageous, it is not a requirement.
 

- The caseload is primarily lower acuity cases, with no critical pediatric patients, as these are managed by Pediatric Anesthesiologists.
 

- Typical cases include orthopedics, pediatrics, urology, gastrointestinal procedures, interventional radiology, head and neck surgeries, catheterizations, spinal surgeries, and epidurals.
 

- **On-Call Requirements:** No on-call responsibilities expected.

- **Patient Volume:** Patient load is variable, dependent on daily scheduling of cases.

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 **Staffing Ratio:** 1:1 CRNA to Anesthesiologist ratio per shift.

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

- **Credentialing Timeframe:** Estimated at 90 days post-application submission.

- **Required Certifications:** Must hold Board Certification, BLS, ACLS, and PALS certified by the American Heart Association.

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 **State License:** Valid California nursing license is mandatory.