Our CRNA-operated staffing agency offers personalized service to talented nurse anesthetists seeking rewarding careers in NYC/New York State
NAPS Career Opportunity Tool
Please rate the items listed below from the most important to the least important. This will help the clinical sites to understand what you are looking for and perhaps allow them to tailor their presentations to your priorities. Once completed I will ask you to rank all the items that you assigned a “1” or “Very Important”. Ranking the items will help me to understand the order of your priorities.
1-Very Important
2-Important
3-Somewhat Important
4-Not Important
Practice Issues:
Hospital location
Flexible scheduling-type of shifts—8-hour, 10-hour, 12-hour or 24-hour call
Part-time positions available
Relocation allowances
Night and weekend call requirements
Anesthesia care team approach with CRNA: MD ratio no greater than 2:1
A positive CRNA/MDA relationship
Willingness on the part of anesthesiologists to teach regional, invasive lines, complex cases
Whether or not anesthesia residents are being trained at the hospital
Variety of cases performed at the site
Availability of challenging cases for the CRNA staff
Availability of trauma cases
Ability to perform regional techniques
Ability to place central lines
Size of the CRNA contingent (any other Columbia grads?)
Autonomy of CRNAs
Continuing education benefits, is CE encouraged?
Ability to participate in M/M conferences/research opportunities/grand rounds
Dollars and Cents:
Overtime availability
Is there mandatory overtime
Total compensation packages (pensions, bonuses, educational allowances)
Sign-on bonuses
Salary growth projection
Added Value Benefits:
Vacation time
Tuition reimbursement
Now please rank all the items you rated “1” or “Very Important” with the most important item listed first. Thank you for your cooperation.