Chief CRNA, UPMC Susquehanna Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center

UPMC in Central PA provides life-changing medicine to our family and our neighbors. 

Transform Lives with UPMC: Join Our Team as a Chief CRNA at Susquehanna Valley Surgery Center in Harrisburg!

• Fast-paced surgery center setting. 
• Cases include healthy pediatric cases. 
• Regional and neuraxial experience preferred. 
• Looking for team players who are flexible, dependable and enjoy working in a fast-paced outpatient surgery center setting. 
• Advanced technology with EPIC EMR and Fabias GS
• Free parking! 

UPMC is a leader in providing life-changing medicine. Let us provide you with a life-changing career!

 Job Opportunity:

• Daylight schedule, no holidays or weekends

Desired Candidate:

• Graduate of an accredited CRNA program
• Ability to acquire a license to practice in Pennsylvania
• Must obtain valid federal and state narcotics certificates
• Commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care
• Comfortable with a wide variety of cases
• Experienced providers with 3+ years required

Benefits:

•         Overtime and Extra Shift Bonus opportunities

•         Yearly merit increases

•         Career ladder tailored to CRNAs

•         Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

•         One-time PTO advance upon hire of 40 hours, 80 hours, or 120 hours.

•         Professional dues reimbursement

•         Reimbursement of Pennsylvania license renewal

•         Education-specific CME allowance of $2000 per year

•         Occurrence-based malpractice insurance

•         Two retirement plans:

          Defined contribution plan; 403(b) plan with employer match

          UPMC Funded Cash Balance Retirement Plan

•         Adoption Assistance

•         Paid Parental Leave

•         $25,000 CRNA Referral Program, CRNA to CRNA Referrals

Purpose:
The Chief CRNA is a professional nurse who is responsible for formulating a plan related to quality, cost, and patient outcomes of patient care. By supporting the philosophy of patient care, the Chief CRNA provides leadership to the patient care team. The Chief CRNA provides direct patient care, facilitates staff development, staff performance, and validates the appropriateness of patient care management. Demonstrating flexibility in meeting the units needs, the Chief CRNA assumes responsibilities for operational and personnel activities of the unit that relate to quality, cost, and outcomes of patient care. Supports the essential process of sustaining and improving performance. 

Responsibilities:
Primary Duties: Patient Care, Performs direct patient care in a manner that reflects patient care standards. Serves as a role model and as resource person to staff members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients. Develops comprehensive, innovative, realistic goals and objectives for the CRNAs in collaboration with the patient care team.

• Leadership: Promotes effective planning and utilization anesthesia resources for efficient and cost-effective delivery of quality care. Manage and review care and practice issues Serves as a resource in problem solving, mediating, and negotiating between anesthesia care team. Acts as a role model in the development of staff in the charge nurse role. Performs growth and development conferences, coaches’ employees for performance and provides feedback. Performs annual CRNA performance evaluations. Empowers Anesthesia Care Team to take ownership of their actions and responsibilities. Demonstrates commitment to the development and implementation of innovative strategies to recruit and retain quality personnel. Facilitates growth and change in a proactive manner. Demonstrates professionalism through accountability and confidentiality. Recruits, interviews, hires, counsels, disciplines, and when necessary, terminates employees. Performs duties in accordance with the Employee Standards of Conduct. Supports the essential process of sustaining and improving performance. Monitors, evaluates, and promotes collaborative, productive team functioning of all members of the Anesthesia Care Team. Directs staff to appropriate resources to enhance delivery of care. Promotes open communication, positive physician/staff interactions and the timely resolution of inter/intradepartmental issues. Assesses staffing needs of current and upcoming shifts and utilizes resources to provide for changing care needs. o Communicates effectively in inter/intradepartmental matters. Facilitates inter-shift communication. Monitor CRNA schedule and payroll Responds to and monitors incident reports. Ensures department is in compliance with regulatory bodies Conducts staff meetings for CRNAs monthly Assumes 24-hr. responsibility and accountability for direction and coordination of activities of clinical unit.
• Professional Development: Demonstrates commitment to own professional development Maintains a collaborative relationship with peers. Promotes the anesthesia profession through community involvement and participation in professional organizations and as a mentor for all health care providers. Completes required competencies.
• Customer Service: Demonstrates the highest degree of customer awareness by seeking out opportunities to identify and meet the needs of internal and external customers. Treats each person as an individual with respect and dignity Is receptive to questions and criticism and willing to offer assistance. Demonstrates genuine concern and empathy Consistently performs all of the above in a friendly, courteous manner. Maintains accountability for patient satisfaction throughout the episode of care.
• Secondary Duties: Completes unit-specific educational requirements as well as System related fire, safety, and emergency procedures. Performance improvement Facilitates the performance improvement process by continuous monitoring and identification of patient outcomes, intra/interdepartmental and environmental concerns. Displays a willingness to utilize problem solving techniques to insure appropriate interventions and resolutions.
• Human Relations / Contact and Communications: Must be optimistic, enthusiastic, and communicate effectively with all levels of personnel. Must demonstrate a willingness to work constructively and cooperatively with other health care team members and reflects a concern for both patients and employees wellbeing. Must demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills.

About UPMC in Central PA: UPMC in Central PA is a nationally recognized leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered health care services. Our not-for-profit system cares for over 1.2 million area residents yearly, offering life-saving emergency care, essential primary care, specialty care, and leading-edge diagnostic services. UPMC Harrisburg received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2024, one of only 38 hospitals nationwide to achieve this rating.

About South Central Pennsylvania:

• Resilient and diverse economy driven by growth in manufacturing, sciences, agriculture, and technology
• Features both rural and suburban living with abundant sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment
• Low cost of living for a high standard of living and long-term financial growth
• Close to historically significant areas like Gettysburg, Appalachian Trail, and Hersheypark
• Top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and top colleges and universities
• Consistently ranked among the top 20% of Pennsylvania school districts
• Listed among Forbes.com “America’s Most Livable Cities”
• Ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Cities to Live”
• Recently ranked one of Outside Magazine’s “15 Happiest Cities”