Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist- Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group

Orlando Health Bayfront Medical Group

Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a comprehensive emergency, medical, and surgical acute-care facility, serving the residents of the region for more than 110 years. Bayfront Health has been part of the Orlando Health organization since October 2020.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is a 480-bed tertiary care center and the only Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. With advanced technology and expertise in numerous specialties, including cardiovascular, neuroscience, obstetrics, digestive health, orthopedics, surgery, emergency and trauma, and acute rehabilitation, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care. The hospital holds DHV-GL certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and Joint Commission certification in hip and knee joint replacement. A 38-bed neurosciences unit has a dedicated neurology team with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy, and Parkinson’s disease. Bayfront Health has been accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 adult epilepsy center. This accreditation is reserved for centers providing the most complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment. Bayfront Health Baby Place offers full obstetrical care and, in partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, is a state-certified Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center (RPICC) — one of only 13 in Florida.

Bayfront Health St. Petersburg is committed to staying at the forefront of medical research and technology and, as a teaching hospital, provides an exceptional training and learning environment with residency programs in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and pharmacy; a fellowship program in sports medicine; and home to the NAACLS-accredited Bayfront Health St. Petersburg School of Medical Technology.

Recognized with many patient-care quality and safety ratings over the years, recent awards include:

• High-performing rankings in diabetes and stroke – U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024

• Tampa Bay Best of the Best 2023 – Tampa Bay Times

• Best Place to Have a Baby

• Best Emergency Room

• Best Cardiology

• Get with the Guidelines®: Gold Plus Achievement - Stroke – American Heart Association, 2023

• Gold Plus Achievement - 10-Year Recognition

• Target: Stroke™ Honor Roll

• Target: Type 2™ Diabetes Honor Roll

• Heart Failure Accreditation – American College of Cardiology

Position Summary:

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist administers anesthesia and anesthesia-related care under the direction of an attending anesthesiologist in the operating room and satellite areas.

Essential Functions 

• Participate in pre-anesthetic preparation and evaluation.
• Performs pre-anesthetic assessment before each procedure as supervised or directed by the attending anesthesiologist.
• Formulates a patient-specific anesthetic plan of care in collaboration with the attending anesthesiologist.
• Determines, prepares, and ensures necessary medications, equipment, and adjunct therapies for the administration of anesthetics.
• Initiates a plan of anesthesia care (general, regional, monitored anesthesia care) under the supervision or direction of an attending anesthesiologist.
• Prepares and tests anesthesia equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Inserts and/or uses invasive and non-invasive monitoring devices for continuous evaluation of the patient’s status under anesthesia.
• Demonstrates proficiency in monitoring and management of airway; cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neuromuscular status; and emergence and recovery from an anesthetic.
• Supervises, instructs and evaluates student anesthetists.
• Maintains legible, accurate, and complete medical records for each anesthetic administered.
• Transfers responsibility for care of the patient to other qualified providers post-operatively. Ensures continuity of care and patient safety.
• Adheres to patient and personnel safety procedures (infection control, fire, electrical safety, and chemical hazards).
• Perform post-anesthesia evaluations as supervised or directed by the attending anesthesiologist.
• Demonstrates proficiency with maintenance of equipment and clean work areas. Reports necessary equipment repairs and adjustments via proper channels.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient safety and quality delivery of anesthesia care.
• Participate in the quality assessment processes developed by Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital and the Anesthesiology Department.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Bayfront Medical Group policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Bayfront Medical Group policies and procedures.

Other Related Functions

• Communicate appropriately in a manner that is supportive, timely, and understandable.
• Acts with a positive professional demeanor toward staff, patients, and families.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication with physicians, employees, patients, and families.
• Maintains privacy at all times for patient and employee information.
• Maintains positive working relationships with physicians, employees, and administration.
• Recognizes and respects the OH Mission Statement. Values and respects integrity, stewardship, and excellence.
• Participates in performance improvement activities throughout the organization.
• Participates as a team member and is accountable for personal work responsibilities.
• Demonstrates accountability for personal actions and decisions. Schedules time off to avoid disrupting workflow.
• Creates a work environment that facilitates and encourages involvement of the staff in critical thinking to ensure professional anesthesia practice, as well as, recruitment and retention of staff with diverse backgrounds and appropriate education and expertise.

Education/Training

• Meets all educational requirements to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) and a Florida-licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP).
• Licensure/Certification meets all the following:
• Maintains current Florida Nursing License - Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP).
• Certified as a Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Current National Advanced Practice Certification from a nursing specialty board recognized by the Florida Board of Nursing (i.e., Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists, or Council on Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists, or their Predecessors).

Certification/ Licensure

• Maintains current certification in Healthcare Provider/BLS, ACLS, and PALS.

Experience:

• None