Job Requirements
(Education, Experience, Licensure and Certification)
Education:
• A graduate of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia (required)
Experience:
• Minimum of one year experience as a CRNA (preferred)
Licensure:
• Active Kentucky CRNA license (required)
Certifications:
• Certification by the National Board of Certification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) (required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from an accredited source (required)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)
Job Competency:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities critical to this role:
• Exemplifies service excellence – responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information
• Displays strong organizational skills – manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized and delegates appropriately, works proactively, anticipates and plans for problems before they arise, is able to perform work in a neat, efficient, well-coordinated, well communicated manner with a high degree of accuracy and professionalism
• Role models strong work ethic – motivated, diligent, industrious and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency; remains flexible – ability to change directions, as needed, to ensure optimal outcomes
• Displays strong interpersonal skills– can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management and vendors through trust, communication, and credibility, displays self-awareness and emotional intelligence, exercises sound judgement
• Displays strong leadership skills – ability to work collaboratively with others, serve others, help others, lead others, mentor others, and take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome
Reasoning Ability:
• Able to critically think through complex patient situations, process improvements, evidence-based practice
• Able to assist others in developing clinical reasoning skills
Computer Skills:
• Must have the ability to learn and use the electronic documentation system appropriately
• Must have the capacity to learn other relevant systems and databases, as needed