Why Shriners Children's?

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties healthcare system. With multiple hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Our mission is to change and improve lives by caring for our patients, conducting research to gain knowledge and develop new treatments, and providing educational opportunities for physicians and other healthcare professionals.

• 4 locations ranked on S. News & World Report’s list of Best Children’s Hospitals for pediatric orthopedics
• Winner of 9 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Awards and 5 Pinnacle of Excellence Awards for Patient Experience (2023)
• $20 million in annual funding for innovative research in genomics, clinical motional analysis, and other forms of translational research.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include CME, student loan forgiveness, tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law. 

About Shriners Children's Philadelphia

• 49-bed inpatient facility with an outpatient clinic and walk-in fracture clinic located in North Philadelphia
• Outreach clinics in Doylestown, PA and San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Joint Commission accredited
• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence award winner for Inpatient Pediatric Patient Experience (2023)
• Specialties: Orthopedics, Spine/Spinal Cord, Sports Medicine, Pediatric Surgery, Craniofacial, Rheumatology, Pediatric Rehabilitation/Therapy, Urology
• Partnerships with Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University, and the University of Pennsylvania
• Team of 8 CRNAs and 4 Anesthesiologists
• EMR: Cerner (OR), Epic (Clinic)
• Average case volume: 1-5 per day, depending on the complexity of the case
• Common cases: Spinal fusions (ideopathic and neuromuscular), hand/elbow surgery (often in infants), lower extremity, craniofacial

Shriners Children's Philadelphia is looking for a full-time Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). Competitive candidates will have experience working with pediatric patients. Schedule will be 4 10-hour weekday shifts with no nights, weekends, or call. Compensation will vary depending on individual experience, education, and internal equity. 

Provides quality aesthesia care for elective and emergency cases under the supervision of an Anesthesiologist. The responsibilities include induction, maintenance, and emergence at a safe and required level for the procedure and in appropriate response to the patient's age, size and medical condition. The responsibilities of this position include considering the needs of infant, toddler, pre-school, school age, adolescent and young adult patients.

• Administer anesthetics, adjuvant and accessory drugs, fluids and blood products to manage anesthesia
• Administers anesthesia, drugs, fluids and blood products in a safe manner (ASA standards)
• Perform all aspects of airway management
• Performs mask ventilation and laryngoscopy in a competent manner.
• Obtain, prepare and use equipment monitors, supplies and drugs used for administration of anesthesia, performing and ordering safety checks, as needed
• Performs anesthesia machine safety checks prior to administering anesthesia. Prepares anesthesia equipment, supplies, and drugs prior to start of anesthesia.
• Recognize abnormal patient response during anesthesia, select and implement corrective action
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to abnormal patient response during anesthesia.
• Responds to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency drugs and fluids and using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques
• Successfully responds to emergency situations by providing excellent airway management and PALS techniques.
• Initiate and administer respiratory support to ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation during post-anesthesia period, including transfer to PACU/SPCU
• Able to successfully ventilate a patient in the PACU/SPCU.

• Master's degree, doctoral, or post-masters certificate from an accredited educational program in nurse anesthesia required
• Active PA RN and CRNA license required
• BLS and PALS certification required
• Experience working with pediatric patients highly preferred

Shriners Children’s is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace. 

Shriners Children’s values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.  This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.