Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

In this role, you will practice both autonomously and in partnership with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to provide evidence-based care for patients of all ages and acuity levels. You will support a diverse range of procedures, including surgical, obstetrical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pain management services, while helping ensure the highest standards of patient safety, quality, and outcomes.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Perform and document the pre-anesthesia assessment and evaluation of the patient.
• Obtain informed consent for anesthesia and related services.
• Perform all aspects of airway management, including fiberoptic intubation.
• Facilitate emergence and recovery from anesthesia by evaluating patient response, and selecting, ordering, and administering medications, fluids, and ventilator support to maintain patient stability during transfer.
• Initiate and administer post-anesthesia pharmacological or fluid support of the cardiovascular system.
• Initiate and administer respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation in the post-anesthesia period.
• Evaluate the patient’s response to anesthesia and surgery; take appropriate corrective action during the post-anesthesia period.
• Provide post-anesthesia follow-up evaluation and care.

Your qualifications should include: 

• Graduate of a nurse anesthesia educational program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs or its predecessor.
• Is currently certified or recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists.
• Insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for the limits required by this institution or state.
• Demonstrates current competency in the clinical responsibilities specified.
• Active state licensure as a registered nurse in the state of California and comply with any applicable state statutory and regulatory requirements concerning APPAs.
• Certified or recertified by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists.
• Be insurable by an appropriate medical malpractice insurer for the limits required by this institution or state.
• Salary range - $220,000 - $285,000

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