RN Anesthetist CRNA-Obstetrics

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) at Yale New Haven Health

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) provides exceptional patient-centered anesthesia care during surgical procedures. Collaborating closely with anesthesiologists and surgeons, the CRNA monitors vital signs, administers anesthesia, and ensures compliance with hospital standards while maintaining high ethical and professional standards. Continuous engagement in professional development and effective communication with patients and surgical teams are critical aspects of this role.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. 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 which focuses on the whole individual inclusive of physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional needs of the patient, family, and significant others. Serves as the focal professional for the continuity of care in patient care within scope of practice standards, as well as specialty-specific standards to address and resolve problems that may arise.

Clinical Care

• The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) implements accurate, safe, patient-centric anesthetic care.
• 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.
• The CRNA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

Certification Requirements

• 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

Certifications and Licenses

• AANA Certification
• ACLS DEA Registration and State of CT Controlled Substance Registration

Key Skills:

• Sharp concentration and focus
• Ability to stay calm under stressful conditions
• Effective communication with surgeons, surgical support team, patients, and families
• Demonstrate intellectual-conceptual, integrative, and quantitative abilities
• Detect and interpret changes in monitoring alarms and equipment
• Observe patients accurately at a distance and close
• Sufficient motor function to elicit pertinent information
• Negotiate patient care environments and move self/patients between anesthesia locations
• Tolerate physically taxing workloads and function effectively under stress