Saint Luke's Health System, a regional health care leader in the heart of Kansas City, MO, is actively recruiting Anesthetists to help staff. Saint Luke's Hospital (SLH) is a Becker's 100 Best Hospitals/three-time Magnet-designated/USNWR-ranked tertiary care, academic, not-for-profit medical center affiliated with the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, with both nationally recognized cardiac and neuroscience institutes, the Mid America Heart Institute and Marian Bloch Neuroscience Institute, respectively.

SLH has a Level One trauma center, a Level Ill NICU, and a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our anesthetists care for a wide range of patients undergoing a wide variety of procedures. Case types in the Main OR include general surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, plastics, robotics, kidney transplants, orthopedics, and GYN. We cover a variety of out-of-OR procedures as well, including gastroenterology, interventional and neurological radiology, and MRI. Our anesthetists have the option to work exclusively in the Heart Institute, performing anesthetics for cardiothoracic and vascular cases, heart/liver transplants, and EP lab. The option to split time between cardiac and Main ORs is also available.

SLH has a vibrant and busy obstetrical service and has the area's only Heart Disease in Pregnancy program, drawing parturients from a vast geographic area. Our anesthetists are given the option to join the OB anesthesia team, where they are responsible for placing epidurals and spinals.

As a busy academic center, we are actively involved in the education of all future anesthesiology health care providers. SLH is the core facility for the UMKC SOM-affiliated anesthesiology residency program, as well as a training facility for multiple CRNA and AA programs​. Our department's mission is focused on a commitment to delivering safe, high quality, compassionate perioperative patient centric care to the medical communities we have the privilege of serving.

Experienced CRNA and AA's and New grads are welcome to apply!

Salary is based on experience.

The Schedule:

Schedule consists of four or five shifts per week. Frequency of in-house call is 2-4 per month

The Work:

We currently have a staff of 50 CRNAs and AAs providing care at Saint Luke's Hospital, Saint Luke's South Hospital, and a free-standing ambulatory surgery center. We strive to always provide care in a collaborative anesthesia care team model. Anesthetist positions do not require involvement in cardiac, obstetric, or pediatric cases, but participation with these teams is available if desired.

• Administer general anesthesia, sedation, and regional anesthesia
• Administer intravenous inhalation and regional anesthetics to render persons insensible to pain during surgical procedures obstetrical deliveries or other medical procedures
• Opportunity to manage cardiac, thoracic, obstetric, and pediatric cases, but these are not mandated
• Opportunity to work in a level 1 trauma center, with nationally recognized heart and neuroscience institutes

Why Saint Luke’s?

At Saint Luke's, our department is small enough to foster a strong sense of camaraderie and collegiality, yet large enough to provide a variety of working relationships, case variety, and flexibility in schedule design. If you desire to be part of a great team of anesthesia providers working in a dynamic, high impact environment, whether a new graduate or one with experience, we welcome your application.

• We are dedicated to innovation and always looking for ways to improve
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• Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees, click here to find out more
• The best place to get care. The best place to give care. Saint Luke’s 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Luke’s means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.