CRNA – Pediatrics

Join Atrium Health as a CRNA in Pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC — part of Advocate Health, one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the country.

At Advocate Health, we’re committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are empowered, heard, and equipped to do their best work. You’ll be part of a leading integrated system with a shared commitment to innovation, well-being, and the communities we serve.

Whether you're seeking professional growth, meaningful impact, or a team that lifts you up—this is where it starts.

Work/Life Balance: Enjoy flexible work schedule options!

SRNA Education Assistance: Offering up to $140,000 in recruitment incentives, provided the candidate meets eligibility requirements.

CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $2,500 and 5 additional PTO days/year for Continuing Medical Education.

Generous PTO: Accrual starts at 30 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.

Parental Benefits: We understand the importance of family, providing six weeks of paid birthing-mother maternity leave and four weeks of paid parental leave.

Retirement: Secure your financial future with a dollar-for-dollar match up to 3% deposited in your account each pay period, plus a 3% automatic non-elective contribution each year. Teammates must work 12 consecutive months and be employed on last day of the year to be eligible.

Transition Bonus: Enjoy up to $7,500 in transition assistance, paid within the first 30 days of employment

Career Growth & Stability: Experience a rewarding career with ample opportunities for advancement and stability, supported by a consistently high patient volume.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides all elements of pre-anesthesia, anesthesia and post-anesthesia services including general, regional, and monitored anesthesia care consistent with anesthesia plan and in collaboration with the surgeon/anesthesiologist/surgical team.

• Manages conditions based on clinical indication, evidence-based care, cost effectiveness, and assessment of risks/benefits and alternatives.

• Participates in preoperative evaluation including but not limited to assessment, exam, obtaining informed consent, ordering/administering pre‐medications, requesting and/or review of preoperative studies.

• Ensures readiness and availability of equipment, supplies and medications to perform the planned anesthetic.

• Delivers anesthesia care including induction, maintenance, support of life functions, and emergence from anesthesia.

• Selects, obtains, and administers the necessary anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, fluids, and temperature regulating devices to manage the anesthetic, assesses response, and intervene as needed.  

• Performs post-anesthesia duties including remaining with the patient and facilitating safe transfer of care to other qualified individuals; administering post-operative epidural pain relief and other post-operative analgesia in collaboration with the surgeon; and making post-anesthetic visits regarding the presence or absence of anesthesia related complications.

• Manage emergency situations by assessing, stabilizing, and determining disposition of patients, including providing advanced airway management, administration of emergency drugs and fluids, and using basic and advanced cardiac life support techniques.

• Maintains accurate, complete, concise, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record. Substantiates and submits professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices.

• Current North Carolina RN license
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nurse Anesthesia
• National Board certification as a CRNA
• Current North Carolina CRNA licensure
• Current BLS and ACLS certifications

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit integrated health systems in the United States, providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. With Wake Forest University School of Medicine as our academic core, we are shaping the future of health care through innovation, research, education and compassionate care.

When you join Advocate Health, you’re joining a team that’s committed to being a Best Place to Care—where clinicians are heard, supported and empowered to focus on what matters most: caring for patients. This enterprise-wide initiative is grounded in listening to care teams, removing barriers to excellent care, and fostering well-being and connection. It reflects our purpose—from discovery to everyday moments, we’re redefining care - for you, for us, for all—and lives through our values: lifting each other up, leading with purpose, thinking boldly together and embracing change with optimism. Here, you’ll find not just a job, but a career with meaning, growth and impact—for all.