Job Description
1.0 FTE Full time Day - 08 Hour R2652910 Onsite 107450012 Anesthesia Nurse Anesthesia Other PALO ALTO, 300 Pasteur Dr, California As surgical volume, patient acuity, and procedural complexity continue to grow, Stanford Health Care is committed to transforming and continuously elevating anesthesia care delivery through evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and forward-thinking workforce models. The organization places strong emphasis on professional practice, innovation, quality improvement, education, and research to advance patient outcomes and clinician experience. The CRNA workforce has grown to more than 50 CRNAs, providing comprehensive anesthesia coverage across diverse clinical settings. The CRNA Director plays a pivotal role in transforming and elevating CRNA practice within the operating rooms, ensuring excellence in clinical care while advancing professional practice standards, leadership development, and academic engagement. In addition to CRNA leadership, this role includes oversight and collaboration with other advanced practice providers across the perioperative and interventional platforms, supporting integrated, team-based models of care. The CRNA Director partners closely with anesthesiology leadership, surgical teams, nursing, APP leaders, and executive stakeholders to drive innovation, research participation, quality improvement initiatives, and practice advancement within a rapidly evolving academic environment. A Brief Overview Provides direction and supervision for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) including Nurse Practitioners (NP), Physician Assistants (PA), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) in designated in-patient and out-patient services lines in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Practice. Leads and supports advanced practice to ensure quality and efficient patient care and ensuring all clinical standards are met. Assists with identifying, measuring and evaluating clinical and departmental outcomes and provides direction and oversight of hiring, onboarding, terminating and managing disciplinary action within the Service Line. The Director will be responsible for staffing allocation, ensuring independent practice where appropriate and the presence of consistent and fair coverage across the Service Line. The Director also supports both clinical operational teams including CRNA and APP leadership within the perioperative and procedural environments on Interventional Platform, ensuring high standards in surgery and anesthesia care delivery, fostering collaboration between CRNAs, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and APPs along with cross collaboration with Interventional Platform teams in advancing the clinical and professional practice in alignment with Stanford Health Care's mission, regulatory compliance, and patient safety initiatives. Locations Stanford Health Care What You Will Do Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, orientation, onboarding, ongoing mentorship and preceptorship and managing Service Line APPs and CRNAs in collaboration with Service Line operational and medical leadership and the Center for Advanced Practice. In conjunction with operational leaders, allocates staffing and ensures appropriate coverage of patient care needs during transitions or leave of physicians or APPs. Provides leadership and direction for the other operational clinical teams as well as the CRNA and APP teams in collaboration with the Department of Anesthesiology and Surgery, including staffing models, onboarding, scope of practice, and quality of care. Coordinates and integrates independent practice and monitors quality of care within and among the sections to achieve desired goals and outcomes. Oversees the quality of clinical practices and procedures for Staff APPs and Lead APPs in collaboration with medical leadership. Partners with physician leadership to advance multidisciplinary collaboration and optimize anesthesia service line operations. Collaborates with operational managers to implement and evaluate new programs in conjunction with division/service physicians and hospital and clinic leadership. Collaborates with faculty, patient care directors, clinic managers, nursing staff and support services to determine staffing standards and ensure the appropriate number of APP staff; assessing scheduling practices based on service requirements, establishing productivity guidelines, and monitoring implementation of these guidelines and scheduling practices. Manages patient care, human resources, systems and workflow processes to achieve and maintain a budget neutral status. Demonstrated leadership in CRNA, APP, or anesthesia practice, including regulatory compliance, scope of practice, and team-based perioperative models.