Lead Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Company: National Jewish Health
Location: Denver
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Lead Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist National Jewish Health, located in Denver, Colorado in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, is seeking--a Lead CRNA--to join our medical staff and to partner with the Medical Director to lead the work of other CRNA's. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist's support our Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Center (MIDC. The MIDC provides a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic and palliative pulmonary procedures as well as gastroenterology and otolaryngology services. Responsibilities include administering anesthesia under an Anesthesiologist's supervision and monitoring patients in our outpatient clinical care setting. Reasons to work for National Jewish Health:

• No Call or weekends
• Collaborative work environment
• Market competitive compensation
• Accountability:--Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish Health.
• Coaching and Teaching Others: Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
• Ethics: Practices ethically; Integrates the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements to guide practice; demonstrates compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of all people; advocates for healthcare consumer's rights to informed decision-making and self-determination; maintains therapeutic relationships and professional boundaries; safeguards privacy and confidentiality of healthcare consumers, and their data and information [Standard of Professional Performance (SPP) 7].
• Informing and Communicating:--Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message [SPP 9].
• Collaboration/Teamwork:--Cooperates with others to accomplish common goals; works with employees and across his/her department to achieve shared goals; treat others with dignity and respect and maintains a friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others [SPP 10].
• Professional Development: Actively identifies in new area with preceptor learning opportunities and unit specific competencies; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill to enhance contribution to the organization [SPP 12, 15].
• Evidence-based Practice and Research: Integrates evidence and research findings into practice; Articulates the values of research and its application relative to the healthcare setting; identifies questions in the healthcare setting and practice that can be answered by nursing research; uses current evidence-based knowledge, including research findings, to guide practice; incorporates evidence when initiating change in practice [SPP 13].
• Quality of Practice: Contributes to quality nursing practice: Ensures practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient centered; identifies barriers and opportunities to improve safety, effectiveness, efficiency, equitability, timeliness, and patient centeredness; recommends strategies to improve nursing quality [SPP 14]. Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
  Leads the work of others Travel
  None Core Values
  • Be available to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
  • Be willing to accept supervision and work well with others.
  • Be well groomed, appropriately for your role and wear ID Badge visibly.
  • Be in compliance with all departmental and institutional policies, the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct and completes NetLearning by due date annually.
  • Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission of the institution.
  • Adheres to safe working practices and at all times follows all institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures.--
  • Wears appropriate PPE as outlined by the infection control policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrates compliance with all state, federal and all other regulatory agency requirements. Minimum Qualifications
    • Education: Master's Degree in Nursing required from an accredited Nurse Anesthetist Program.
    • Work Experience: Minimum of 3 years' experience working as a Lead CRNA required.
    • Special Training, Certification or Licensure: Colorado RN license. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license. CRNA certification by National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). Active BLS and ACLS.-- Upload your resume to join our Talent Community and let us know that you're interested in receiving future updates on new opportunities. Thank you for considering a career with National Jewish Health. National Jewish Health
      Human Resources
      1400 Jackson Street
      Denver, CO 80206
      303.398.1035
      HR@NJHealth.org
      Job Line: 1.800.696.9512 National Jewish Health is a non-profit, non-sectarian institution and is a longstanding cornerstone in the Denver healthcare community. National Jewish Health seeks to attract the best-qualified candidates who support the mission, vision and values of the Institution and those who respect and promote excellence through diversity. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, marital, familial or parental status, genetic information, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected classification. We are a tobacco and fragrance free environment.

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