CRNA Educator​

CRNA Educator at Yale New Haven Health

The CRNA Educator is responsible for delivering high-quality anesthetic care while collaborating with healthcare professionals in a patient-centered environment. This role requires excellent clinical skills, the ability to manage complex situations under pressure, and a commitment to professional development in anesthesiology. The CRNA Educator also participates in quality management and ensures compliance with healthcare regulations.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values – integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion – must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Provides exceptional patient care in collaboration with anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other physicians to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures. Cultivates a patient-centric environment that focuses on the whole individual, inclusive of physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional needs of the patient, family, and significant others.

• Availability to work off-shifts, weekends, and holidays as part of the restricted in-house call rotation in partnership with other members of the core call team.
• Willingness to respond to emergency calls and provide anesthesia services within the hospital setting.

• Clinical Care
• The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) implements accurate, safe, patient-centered anesthetic care.
• Professional Skill
• Understands physiologic implications and anesthetic considerations of surgical procedures, constantly monitors vital signs, capnography, and pulse oximetry during anesthesia according to ASA guidelines.
• Information Management
• The CRNA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
• Quality Management
• The CRNA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
• Professional Development
• The CRNA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

EDUCATION:

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Completion of Certified Nurse Anesthetist Training Program
• Graduate of a Nurse Anesthesia Educational Program accredited by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Programs
• Current State of Connecticut Nursing License, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure in the State of Connecticut

EXPERIENCE:

• Prefer clinical working experience as a CRNA within the given specialty/service line recommended, but none required
• APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process

LICENSURE:

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• AANA Certification
• State of CT RN and APRN License
• ACLS DEA Registration
• State of CT Controlled Substance Registration

SPECIAL SKILLS:

• CRNA's must have sharp concentration and focus, along with the ability to stay calm under stressful conditions
• CRNAs must be able to communicate clearly and effectively with surgeons and the surgical support team, as well as with patients and their families

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• A CRNA must be able to demonstrate intellectual-conceptual, integrative, and quantitative abilities; skills in observation, communication, and motor functions; and mature behavioral and social attributes