Manager- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Manager is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist who ensures the delivery of safe anesthetic patient care in the Operating Room and throughout the hospital. The CRNA Manager administers, manages and coordinates staff activities, provides unit leadership and works in partnership with medical staff, nursing, the health care team, and hospital/system leaders to develop a quality practice setting that supports professional nurse anesthesia practice and quality patient care. The CRNA Manager is responsible for carrying out a series of leadership and management activities aimed at customizing education and staff roles, improving unit operations, enhancing communication and feedback, and accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical

·         Maintain all duties and responsibilities of a staff CRNA. Provides quality, compassionate care to patients. Acts as a member of anesthesia care team by assessing, developing, implementing and monitoring a complete anesthetic plan of care with physicians, patients, and families. Communicates with patient, family, and the medical team as necessary.

·         Participates in and assists staff CRNAs with clinical practice problem solving.

Retention

·         Assumes responsibility for retention diagnosis, unit operations, unit leadership, customizing education, customizing staff jobs, enhancing communication, enhancing feedback to improve the working environment leading to higher retention rates.

Leadership

·         Plans, organizes, and directs short and long term departmental activities in accordance with regulatory and accrediting organizations.

·         Hires certified registered nurse anesthetists for the department. Accepts input on candidates from the Service Chief of Anesthesiology and the Director of Surgical Services

·         Mentors, and supervises certified registered nurse anesthetists

·         Functions as a resource to CRNA staff and interdisciplinary team members.

·         Works collaboratively with leadership from other departments and specialties to resolve issues and improve workflow processes throughout the department and hospital.

Quality Management

·         Supports the quality framework, which includes both clinical and service quality indicators. Creates an environment of patient care that is safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient, and equitable.

Professional Development

·         Facilitates professional development and clinical growth through implementation and maintenance of unit specific and core competencies.

·         Promotes and facilitates educational opportunities based on an assessment of staff needs in collaboration with Education/Practice Committee

·         Gives individual attention and encouragement to each CRNA team member to reach individual goals.

·         Promotes and facilitates activities to achieve departmental goals

·         Monitor and evaluate individual performance through performance management system.

·         Maintains current knowledge of grievance and disciplinary procedures. Communicates effectively and maintains competent coaching and counseling skills during performance review and employee discipline process.

Communication

·         Communicates clearly and effectively with direct reports, the medical staff and health care team, the immediate supervisor, and interdepartmentally.

·         Facilitates open communication between staff and all members of the healthcare team

·         Demonstrates effective oral communication skills in the following: active listening, assertiveness, providing feedback/coaching, team building, and conflict management.

·         Demonstrates effective written communication skills in written reports.

Fiscal Accountability

·         Plans and forecasts the department budget by calculating FTE’s, planning annual budgets, interpreting payroll, accounts payable and FTE reports and projecting workload and productivity. Performs a variance analysis by identifying and interpreting budget variances.

·         Plans capital budget.

·         Plans and implements staff scheduling and assignments, position control, and attendance control procedures.

Data Utilization

·         Assumes responsibility for accessing and utilizing appropriate data in order to monitor unit operations.

Service Excellence

·         Demonstrates leadership accountability in the systems renewal and service excellence initiatives

·         Demonstrates commitment to achieving patient and staff satisfaction targets for the organization and unit(s).