Position Requirements

CRNA opening with a collaborative care team model at UPMC Hamot, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services

Description
The UPMC Hamot Medical Center is a regional tertiary-care medical facility, referral hub, and Level II trauma center based in Erie, PA. Here, the focus is on healing, health, high quality, and education. With over 400 beds, the hospital provides an extensive range of inpatient and outpatient services for the community. UPMC Hamot has almost 4,000 employees, including over 650 members on the medical team.

Case Assignments
Ortho, neuro, general surgery, transplants, and OBGYN

Shifts
Work 73, 24 hr. shifts per year and receive full compensation and benefits.

Team Leadership
Tara Steiner, Chief CRNA

Team Highlights
The anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and surgeons at UPMC Hamot have an excellent rapport. Together, our team works in a care team model approach.

Our care team model means that we focus on giving everyone a voice, while supporting, respecting, and helping them to deliver care excellence.

Requirements
Responsibilities
Pre-anesthesia assessment
Obtains and/or verifies patient consent
Discuss anesthetic options and risks with the patient
Induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia
Monitoring of the patient's physiological condition
Performance of clinical intervention as needed

Requirements
Current license as a registered professional nurse
Prior CRNA experience
Graduation from an accredited program of nurse anesthesia education
Certified or recertified by the AANA Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists

Lifestyle
Erie, PA:
Erie is located on the south shore of Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes. The fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania, Erie is 90 minutes from both Buffalo, NY, and Pittsburgh, PA. Along with the city’s prominent manufacturing sector, other important contributors to the local economy include healthcare and technology, the tourism and service industries, and higher education. Summer is a popular season in Erie, when more than 4 million visitors come to enjoy recreational activities at places like Waldameer Park and Water World, and Presque Isle State Park, a peninsula on Lake Erie.

Area Attractions:
Erie Zoo
Erie Philharmonic
The Erie Art Museum
Presque Isle State Park

Colleges and Schools:
Edinboro University, Mercyhurst University, Gannon University
Blessed Sacrament School, Villa Maria Academy, Triumphant Life Christian Academy

Total Rewards
Salary: $260K-$300K annually
Sign-on bonus: $100K
Comprehensive benefits package, including:
Health, life, vision, dental, disability, and AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts / Health Savings Accounts
401(k)/Profit-sharing
Fully paid malpractice insurance coverage
Leadership and professional development opportunities