Sr. Nurse Anesthetist - Per Diem
Los Angeles, CAPer Diem$168.56/hrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Under anesthesiologist supervision, the Sr. Nurse Anesthetist provides anesthesia care from pre-operative assessment and orders through intra-operative monitoring, emergence, and post-operative assistance. The per-diem role requires a commitment to at least three shifts per month, depending on staffing needs. Shifts may be 8, 10, or 12 hours and include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays; work is assigned to various operating rooms.
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Description
Under the supervision of an anesthesiologist, perform safe anesthesia care, consisting of the following: pre-operative assessment, writing of appropriate pre-op orders as specified by approved standard procedure, administration of all types of anesthetic and techniques, patient monitoring intra-operatively, provides for safe intra-op course and emergence and assists as necessary in post- operative care.You may be assigned to a 8, 10, or 12 hours shift, including evening, nights, weekends, and holidays. Work will be assigned to various OR's.
This is a per diem role. The Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine also requires a commitment to a minimum of 3 shifts per month,depending on staffing needs.
Salary: $168.56/hourly
Qualifications
Required: Knowledge of current nursing, anesthesia and critical care techniques as evidenced by the following:
Valid California RN and CRNA license- requiredGraduated from an accredited Master's or DNP program in Nurse Anesthesia -requiredCurrent certification/re-certification by the National Board of Certification & Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists -requiredBLS and ACLS certifications from AHA or ARC -required
Required: Ability to perform thorough pre, intra-operative, and post-operative assessments and formulate safe anesthesia care plan.
Required: Skill in performing pre-operative assessment of surgical and non-surgical patients, including:
a. Identification of pre-existing disease entities and their potential impact upon anesthesia care and plan documentation of past medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, ECG and chest X-rayb. Understanding interactions of pre-operative drug therapy with proposed anesthetic plan and agents for all age groupsc. Identification of abnormalities on physical examination which pose potential problems in anesthesia managementd. Understanding the medical indications for delay of elective surgery and for pre-operative specialty consultation
Required: Ability to explain the proposed anesthetic technique, alternatives, risks and problems, thus obtaining proper documented legal informed consent prior to the administration of anesthesia.
Required: Ability to properly and completely document significant information to form an anesthesia record of pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative events.
Required: Skill in determining safe airway management and interpretation of physiological monitoring. Ability to interpret physiological data (ECG, BP, vital signs,PCWP, SVR) and adjust intervention to optimize patient safety in all age groups.
Required: Ability to safely insert venous and arterial monitoring lines and devices under medical direction of anesthesiologist.
Required: Knowledge of pharmacology, dosage, side effects and contraindications of all drugs currently employed in anesthesia practice atUCLA.
Required: Skill in performing all techniques of MAC, regional and generalanesthesia commonly employed at UCLA for all age categoriesRequired: Ability to recognize return of consciousness and reflexes signaling safe emergence from anesthesia, transport of patient to recovery room and informed report to qualified medical personnel who will assume care of the patient
Required: Knowledge of current clinical and theoretical education and research techniques as evidenced by experience, academic credential degree, and license.
UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.
How this job compares
Set against the 883 open Nurse Anesthetist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$168.56/hr
- US median$133–167/hr112 hourly ranges
This rate, $168.56/hr, is 15% above the US median midpoint ($146/hr) — in the middle half of Nurse Anesthetist hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 86 open Nurse Anesthetist jobs in California and 883 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente65 open
- Cedars-Sinai6 open
- UCLA Health (this employer)4 open
- Experience
- Nurse Anesthetist postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (141 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 273 of the 883 open Nurse Anesthetist jobs (31%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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