Job DescriptionExplore an exciting opportunity with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist as we eagerly welcome a skilled Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to join our dynamic Inpatient Anesthesia Team in Winston Salem, NC.
What We Offer: - Work/Life Balance: Enjoy flexible work schedule options -we offer multiple 12-hour shift options, hybrid 12-hour & 8-hour shifts, and weekend options!
- CME Reimbursement: Receive up to $2,500 and 5 additional PTO days/year for Continuing Medical Education.
- Generous PTO: Accrual starts at 25 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 up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions.
- Sign-On Bonus: Offering up to $36,000 in recruitment incentives; provided the candidate meets eligibility requirements.
- Relocation Assistance: Enjoy up to $7,500 in relocation assistance, provided the candidate meets eligibility requirements; paid within the first 30 days of employment
- SRNA Education Assistance: Providing monthly educational assistance payments of up to $12,000 for Student Anesthetists during their final year of school, given the candidate meets eligibility requirements.
- Career Growth & Stability: Experience a rewarding career with ample opportunities for advancement and stability, supported by a consistently high patient volume.
Work in a Collaborative & Supportive Environment:Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a nationally recognized academic health system, and our Winston Salem Campus is a level 1 trauma center. While working in the
Inpatient Anesthesia Department, you will expand your skillset by working on a wide variety of cases, including but not limited to: Orthopedic, Vascular, Burns, Cardiothoracic (specific team), Neurology, ENT, General/Abdominal, Robotic, Gynecology. Other cases you may experience, outside of the day-to-day, include: EP, IR, MRI, Burn Tank, Brachytherapy, and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE).
What You'll Do:As a valued member of our healthcare team, the CRNA will play a key role in team-focused patient care, providing anesthesia using safe and quality techniques during Inpatient Procedures. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Potential for and encouraged to precept Student Nurse Anesthetists - opportunity to mentor and assess these medical students.
- Uses medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan to ensure peri-operative and anesthesia care, being sensitive to co-morbidities and age & developmental guidelines.
- Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care; Uphold patient safety, drive quality improvement, and promote infection prevention within job responsibilities and initiatives.
- Document and maintain patient records in compliance with hospital standards, ensuring confidentiality.
- Maintain scheduling flexibility, readiness, and punctuality to deliver timely patient care.
- Exhibit professionalism through teamwork, collaboration, and a commitment to ongoing professional development
- Contribute to cost containment efforts by conserving resources.
- Performs Other Related Duties as Assigned.
The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (North Carolina Medical Board or North Carolina Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.
CRNA Requirements: - Graduation of an Accredited Nurse Anesthesia Program, Master's Degree or Higher Required.
- Registered Nurse licensure from the State of North Carolina Board of Nursing + Currently Certified or Recertified to practice as a Nurse Anesthetist by the National Board
- Current CPR Certification - ACLS, BLS
- Ability to demonstrate clinical competency within the scope of granted privileges.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse clinical teams.
Where You'll Live: The picturesque cities of North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region are ranked among US News & World Report's Top 50 Best Places to Live and Top 40 Best Places to Retire in 2023. This includes:
- Affordable Living: Enjoy a family-friendly and affordable area, with housing costs 31% below the national average.
- Great Schools: Access to top-notch educational institutions and high-ranking school systems provide excellent opportunities for personal and academic growth.
- Vibrant Neighborhoods: Join a regional population of 1.6 million residents, where lively downtowns and family-orientated neighborhoods create a warm and inviting atmosphere.
- A Rich Quality of Life: Indulge in a vibrant lifestyle within North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region, boasting an abundance of walking and biking trails, nationally acclaimed golf courses, active arts communities, tantalizing Southern cuisine, and an array of artisan craft breweries and wineries.
When you join Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, you are welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. In our nationally-renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to improve medicine, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.
About UsAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.
This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.
About the TeamMission, Vision and Culture CommitmentsMission To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing - for all.
Vision To be the first and best choice for care.
Culture Commitments We create a space where all Belong
We Work as One to make great things happen
We earn Trust in all we do
We Innovate to better the now and create the future
We drive for Excellence - always