Chief CRNA opportunity in Las Cruces

Are You Ready to Lead the Future of Anesthesia Care at Southern New Mexico’s Award-Winning Hospital?

Then consider joining the leadership team at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM as the Chief CRNA.

This is an opportunity for a chief CRNA to have a significant impact by supporting and facilitating a team that will deliver superior clinical care at the hospital. As champions of evidence-based anesthesia and population health, Somnia Anesthesia is helping hospitals and surgery centers make the shift to the value-based care environment.

General Duties:
• Assist in development, review, assessment, edit and implementation of anesthesia policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Assist with the development of standard operating procedures for all aspects of CRNA care at Memorial Medical Center (“MMC”).
• Develop monthly schedule for CRNAs in consultation with Somnia, Inc. personnel.
• Responsible for the planning and dissemination of educational information to the CRNA team through Somnia University and other educational outreach programs.
• Participate in any and all committees or boards that may directly or indirectly impact clinical care and as coordinated with the Chief of Anesthesia. Such committees may include, but not limited to, the OR Committee, Surgery Committee, Procedural Safety Committee and Quality Improvement Committee
• Represent the MMC at community, political and social events or other marketing activities as appropriate.
• Assist with, and serve as a resource for, MMC when dealing with healthcare and state regulators.
• Provide input and advice regarding anesthesia equipment, supply or other logistical issues.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of new CRNAs.

Facilitation Duties:
• Implement and supervise preoperative testing and preparation for surgery guidelines.
• Manage and lead staff CRNA assigned to specific operating rooms.
• Support and assist the general nursing department in achieving their clinical and administrative goals.
• Coordinates OR activity along with the OR Nurse Manager to create an efficient patient flow.
• Manage room turnover and preparation towards high quality anesthesia services.
• Acts as the interface between anesthesia department and OR nurses; Administration; Surgeons; Patients & families.
• Conducts special projects or studies as requested by the Chief of Anesthesiology or Somnia, Inc.

Anesthesia Specific Duties:
• Help develop and maintain an Anesthesia Policy and Procedure Manual.
• Creating a “systems” approach for the clinical care environment:
• Pre-op anesthesia patient information acquisition and evaluation;
• Postoperative care;
• Anesthesia discharge standards and instructions;
• Managing incidents or complications;
• Communications between the on-call anesthesiologist and CRNAs.
• Manage internal CRNA related problems in the anesthesia department.
• Provide direct anesthesia services to MMC patients.
• Create an anesthesia schedule for coverage and late call.
• Coordinate Anesthesia Staff Meetings.
• Supervise Anesthesia Quality Assurance (including QA studies).
• Provide input on the maintenance of anesthesia carts:
o Difficult airway;
o Malignant Hyperthermia;
o Regional Anesthesia;
o Code;
o Pediatric.
• Maintains reasonable skills and proficiency in the specialty areas of obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia and cardiac anesthesia.

Site Specifics
• Memorial Medical Center | Las Cruces, NM | https://www.mmclc.org/
• 14 coverage sites | 199 beds
• 7,800 cases per year
• Healthy pediatrics, OB, robotics & other bread and butter cases
• Full-service expansion – structural heart program
• MD/CRNA call team | CRNA independent practice group.
• 11-hour shifts
• Collaborative practice with inviting work style

Requirements of the Chief CRNA
• Active NM license | DEA | CSR
• Board certified | Board eligible if in process
• BLS | ACLS | PALS

Benefits of the Chief CRNA
• Compensation: $301,600 up to $370,000 PLUS with optional call and extra shifts
• $20k chief stipend
• $50k sign-on bonus
• $25k performance bonus after year 2
• Health | Dental | Vision | Life | Disability | Medical malpractice (W2 only)
• 401(k) | Flexible spending accounts (W2 only)
• Paid time off | CME
• W2/PC (1099) options

Part of LifePoint Health, Memorial Medical Center (MMC) is in the Mesilla Valley of southern New Mexico, nestled between the stunning Organ Mountains and the rambling Rio Grande River. Living and working in this beautifully scenic city and college town offers residents so much to enjoy, from vintage wineries, historic sites, and farmers markets to amazing hiking and biking trails, and fishing and picnic sites along the Rio Grande. It is also the home to Spaceport America, where Virgin Galactic is turning space dreams into reality.

As one of 12 hospitals in New Mexico that have joined the New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA), MMC is focused on enhancing methodology and ensuring the best treatment for each and every patient each and every time. To every member of the staff, nothing is more important than patient safety and delivering the highest quality care. As a partner hospital of the National Patient Safety Foundation, MMC participates in the organization’s “Stand Up for Patient Safety” campaign. Among its boasting points, MMC can site being awarded the 2021 LifePoint Health High Five Guiding Principles Award as the top hospital out of the health system’s 87 hospitals, an award based on quality and excellence in healthcare delivery and the highest honor a LifePoint hospital can receive. MMC also has been selected the official Healthcare Partner of New Mexico State’s Aggie Athletics.

This is an ideal time to lead a department supporting and facilitating a team that will deliver superior clinical care at the hospital. The chief CRNA supports daily staffing assignments, management of the schedule for all anesthetizing locations. This key role is responsible for the development and implementation of the Anesthesia Department policies and procedures, serves on committees as a representative of the anesthesia department.

About Somnia Anesthesia
Since 1996, Somnia (www.somniainc.com) has had a singular focus on anesthesia–investing in clinician professional development so patients can get the best care possible.