WhiteCoat Locums is seeking a CRNA Anesthesia for a locum tenens job in Belfast, Maine.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Anesthesia
- Discipline: CRNA
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 26 weeks
- Shift: rotating
- Employment Type: Locum Tenens
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) – Locum Tenens – Coastal Maine
Position Overview
Seeking 1–2 experienced Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) for an ongoing locum tenens opportunity across two hospital locations in coastal Maine.
The CRNAs will provide anesthesia services for general surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, endoscopy, urology, ophthalmology, and healthy pediatric cases. Both locations operate under a medical direction model, with anesthesiologists providing oversight.
Providers must be willing to rotate between both locations, although site preferences will be considered. No solo CRNA coverage or call responsibilities are required.
Assignment Details
- Specialty: Anesthesiology
- Provider Type: CRNA
- Location: Coastal Maine
- Coverage Type: Locum Tenens
- Start Date: ASAP, Pending Credentialing
- Duration: Ongoing
- Positions Available: 1–2
- Practice Setting: Hospital-Based / Critical Access
- Coverage Reason: Staffing Shortage
- Practice Model: Medical Direction
- EMR: Epic
- Call: None
Schedule
- Four 10-Hour Shifts Per Week
- Rotating Weekday Off
- No Call Responsibilities
- Rotation Between Two Hospital Locations
- Daily Assignments Coordinated With the Department
- Full Schedule Availability Required
Clinical Environment
Location 1 – Hospital-Based Practice
- Approximately 5–6 Anesthesia Sites
- General Surgery and Robotics
- Orthopedics
- OB/GYN, Including C-Section Coverage
- Endoscopy, Urology, and Ophthalmology
- Healthy Pediatric Cases
- CRNA Training Program
Location 2 – Critical Access Setting
- 25-Bed Critical Access Hospital
- Approximately 3 Anesthesia Sites
- General Surgery and Orthopedics
- Endoscopy and Ophthalmology
- Healthy Pediatric Cases
- No Solo CRNA Coverage
Department Support:
- Approximately 8 Anesthesiologists
- Approximately 11 CRNAs
- Additional Locum and Per Diem Providers
- Collaborative Medical Direction Model
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide Comprehensive Anesthesia Services
- Perform Preoperative Anesthesia Assessments
- Develop Individualized Anesthesia Care Plans
- Administer and Monitor General Anesthesia
- Provide OB/GYN and C-Section Anesthesia Coverage
- Support General Surgery and Robotic Procedures
- Provide Anesthesia for Orthopedic and Urologic Cases
- Support Endoscopy and Ophthalmology Procedures
- Manage Healthy Pediatric Anesthesia Cases
- Monitor Patients Throughout Surgical Procedures
- Collaborate With Anesthesiologists and Surgical Teams
- Rotate Between Both Assigned Locations
- Maintain Accurate Documentation in Epic
Note: Epidural placement is not required.
Required Clinical Skills
- General Anesthesia
- OB/GYN Anesthesia and C-Section Coverage
- General Surgery and Orthopedic Anesthesia
- Endoscopy, Urology, and Ophthalmology Anesthesia
- Healthy Pediatric Anesthesia
- Preoperative and Intraoperative Patient Management
- Medical Direction Team Collaboration
- Epic EMR Documentation
Requirements
- NBCRNA Certification – Required
- Active Maine CRNA License – Required
- At Least 2 Years of Clinical Experience in Nurse Anesthesia – Required
- Experienced CRNAs Only; No New Graduates
- OB/GYN Anesthesia Experience – Required
- C-Section Anesthesia Experience – Required
- Experience With General Anesthesia and Multiple Surgical Specialties
- Comfortable Managing Healthy Pediatric Cases
- Ability to Work in Hospital-Based and Critical Access Settings
- Willingness to Rotate Between Both Locations
- Epic EMR Experience – Required
- Full Schedule Availability – Required
- COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccinations – Required
- Ability to Work Under a Medical Direction Model
Submission Requirements
- Updated Curriculum Vitae
- NBCRNA Certification
- Active Maine License
- Overall Years of Clinical Experience
- Years of Locum Tenens Experience
- OB/GYN and C-Section Anesthesia Experience
- Epic EMR Experience Confirmation
- Full Schedule Availability
- Confirmation of Coverage at Both Locations
- COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccination Documentation
- Two Supervisor References and One Peer Reference From the Past 12 Months
- Confirmation of Credentialing With the Presenting Agency
Professional History Disclosure Requirements
Candidates must disclose any history of:
- Employment or Assignment Investigations, Probation, Suspensions, Terminations, or Related Resignations
- Medical Staff Privilege Investigations, Restrictions, Suspensions, Revocations, Nonrenewals, or Related Resignations
- Professionalism Complaints Involving Bullying, Harassment, Discrimination, or Retaliation
Credentialing
- Estimated Timeframe: 90–120 Days
- Active Maine License Required
- NBCRNA Certification Required
- Prior Clinical Experience Required
- Epic EMR Experience Required
- Professional References Required
- Agency Credentialing Required Before Submission
WhiteCoat Locums Job ID #A72251.
About WhiteCoat Locums
WhiteCoat Locums is founded and managed by physicians, who, like yourself, worked locums and dealt with many frustrations along the way ranging from lack of transparency and agencies’ misunderstanding of what hospitals and providers look for to poor communication and low pay rates.
That’s why we embarked on a journey to connect providers with the best locums jobs in the country while being 100% transparent, providing competitive pay rate and helping physicians succeed along the way!
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Holiday Pay
- License and certification reimbursement
- Mileage reimbursement
- Weekly pay