UCLA Health

Comprehensive health system with top hospitals

Nurse Anesthetist

Advanced Practice ProvidersUpdated on Nov 11

Full-timeCalifornia, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Knowledge of current nursing, anesthesia, and critical care techniques.
A valid California Registered Nurse license and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist license are required.
Graduation from an accredited Master's or Doctor of Nursing Practice program in Nurse Anesthesia is required.
Current certification or recertification by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists is required.
Current Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certifications from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross are required.
Ability to perform thorough preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative assessments and formulate a safe anesthesia care plan.
Skill in performing preoperative assessments of surgical and nonsurgical patients, including identifying pre-existing diseases and their potential impact on anesthesia care; documenting medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, electrocardiogram, and chest X-ray; understanding interactions between preoperative drug therapy and the proposed anesthetic plan and agents for all age groups; identifying physical examination abnormalities that may pose anesthesia-management problems; and understanding medical indications for delaying elective surgery or obtaining preoperative specialty consultation.
Ability to explain the proposed anesthetic technique, alternatives, risks, and problems and obtain documented informed consent before administering anesthesia.
Ability to document significant information completely and accurately in the anesthesia record, including preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative events.
Skill in determining safe airway management and interpreting physiological monitoring and data, including electrocardiogram, blood pressure, vital signs, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, and systemic vascular resistance, and adjusting interventions to optimize patient safety for all age groups.
Ability to safely insert venous and arterial monitoring lines and devices under the medical direction of an anesthesiologist.
Knowledge of the pharmacology, dosage, side effects, and contraindications of drugs currently used in anesthesia practice at UCLA.
Skill in performing monitored anesthesia care, regional anesthesia, and general anesthesia techniques commonly used at UCLA for all age categories.
Ability to recognize return of consciousness and reflexes indicating safe emergence from anesthesia, transport the patient to the recovery room, and provide an informed report to qualified medical personnel assuming care.
Knowledge of current clinical and theoretical education and research techniques, demonstrated through experience, academic credentials, and licensure.
The final candidate accepting an offer must disclose any final administrative or judicial decisions within the past seven years finding misconduct, or any appeal of a previous employer's substantiated misconduct finding.
Current and former University of California employees are subject to a personnel-file review.

Responsibilities

Perform preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative assessments and formulate safe anesthesia care plans.
Assess surgical and nonsurgical patients before surgery, identify risks and abnormalities, review relevant records and tests, assess medication interactions, and determine when surgery should be delayed or specialty consultation obtained.
Explain anesthesia techniques, alternatives, risks, and problems and obtain documented informed consent before anesthesia administration.
Maintain a complete anesthesia record of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative events.
Manage airways, interpret physiological monitoring and data, and adjust interventions to optimize patient safety across age groups.
Insert venous and arterial monitoring lines and devices under anesthesiologist direction.
Perform monitored anesthesia care, regional anesthesia, and general anesthesia techniques for all age categories.
Recognize safe emergence from anesthesia, transport patients to the recovery room, and hand over care to qualified medical personnel.

Required: Knowledge of current nursing, anesthesia and critical caretechniques as evidenced by the following:

Valid California RN and CRNA license- required

Graduated from an accredited Master's or DNP program in Nurse Anesthesia -required

Current certification/re-certification by the National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists -required

BLS and ACLS certifications from AHA or ARC -required

Required: Ability to perform thorough pre, intra-operative, and post-operative assessments and formulate safe anesthesia care plan.

Required: Skill in performing pre-operative assessment of surgical and non-surgical patients, including:

a. Identification of pre-existing disease entities and their potential impact upon anesthesia care and plan documentation of past medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, ECG and chest X-ray

b. Understanding interactions of pre-operative drug therapy with proposed anesthetic plan and agents for all age groups

c. Identification of abnormalities on physical examination which pose potential problems in anesthesia management

d. Understanding the medical indications for delay of elective surgery and for pre-operative specialty consultation

Required: Ability to explain the proposed anesthetic technique, alternatives, risks and problems, thus obtaining proper documented legal informed consent prior to the administration of anesthesia.

Required: Ability to properly and completely document significant information to form an anesthesia record of pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative events.

Required: Skill in determining safe airway management and interpretation of physiological monitoring. Ability to interpret physiological data (ECG, BP, vital signs,PCWP, SVR) and adjust intervention to optimize patient safety in all age groups.

Required: Ability to safely insert venous and arterial monitoring lines and devices under medical direction of anesthesiologist.

Required: Knowledge of pharmacology, dosage, side effects and contraindications of all drugs currently employed in anesthesia practice atUCLA.

Required: Skill in performing all techniques of MAC, regional and generalanesthesia commonly employed at UCLA for all age categories

Required: Ability to recognize return of consciousness and reflexes signaling safe emergence from anesthesia,transport of patient to recovery room and informed report to qualified medical personnel who will assume care of the patient

Required: Knowledge of current clinical and theoretical education and research techniques as evidenced by experience, academic credential degree, and license.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About the Company

UCLA Health

Comprehensive health system with top hospitals

UCLA Health is a large, integrated healthcare system in Los Angeles that operates multiple hospitals and a wide network of primary- and specialty-care clinics. It provides medical services across many fields—from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment—and combines patient care with biomedical research. Its hospitals and physicians diagnose and treat complex illnesses and bring the latest medical discoveries into practice. UCLA Health stands out because it runs a comprehensive, highly ranked set of facilities (including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital) and emphasizes leading research, education, and specialized care across a broad regional network. The organization aims to deliver high-quality medical care while advancing medical knowledge and sharing new treatments with patients locally and globally.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $25.3M
Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA
Founded: 1955

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