About Children's Minnesota Children's Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children's Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids ExpertsTM in our region, Children's Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children's hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org. Children's Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023's Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Department Overview:
The Anesthesia Department provides all types of anesthesia services to children on an inpatient and/or outpatient basis on the Minneapolis, St. Paul and West Campuses. Additional services include: Respiratory and airway management and professional consultation for patients requiring unusual pain management techniques or analgesic nerve blocks. In order to minimize patient anxiety and fear, parental involvement during the induction of anesthesia, whenever safely possible, is encouraged.
Position Summary:
Children's Minnesota's Anesthesia Department is seeking Full-time (or .8 FTE) CRNAs to join our busy practice. Our independent pediatric hospital system provides a variety of anesthesia services to children on the Minneapolis and Minnetonka West Campuses in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. We offer a case mixture that includes cardiac, neuro, level 1 trauma and neonatal. This position would cover a mix of 8-hour shifts working 7am-3:30pm and 10-hour shifts working 7am-5pm. Children's CRNA program provides coverage for up to 15 OR's (9 main ORs, 3 cardiac ORs, and 3 ORs at Minnetonka) per day and over 19,000 surgical cases per year. The CRNA's also provide 24/7 OR coverage to our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma program. In addition to the OR, our CRNA staff plays an integral role in ancillary services as needed throughout the hospital. CRNA's are the first responders for all code blue and Level 1 traumas for airway management.
