Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Company Description

Provide advanced anesthesia care within an international surgical program where your clinical judgment, technical expertise, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary surgical team help ensure safe perioperative care across a variety of surgical procedures.

At International SOS Government Medical Services, you'll support healthcare programs that improve patient care and operational readiness across the U.S. and internationally. Founded in 1984, International SOS operates in more than 90 countries, delivering healthcare, medical assistance, emergency response, and workforce support services worldwide. Learn more at https://www.internationalsos.com/ 

Job Description

You'll provide comprehensive anesthesia care across the full perioperative continuum, helping patients safely prepare for, undergo, and recover from surgical procedures within a structured international healthcare environment. Working closely with surgeons, physicians, nurses, and other surgical team members, you'll develop individualized anesthesia plans, manage patients throughout surgery, and support safe postoperative recovery while contributing to high standards of clinical care.

Location: Iraq

Assignment Details: This is a full-time, fixed-term role of up to 12 months. Separate PRN opportunities are also available. Housing, meals, and project-related airfare are company-paid.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive preoperative assessments by reviewing medical histories, physical findings, laboratory results, imaging, and other diagnostic information to develop individualized anesthesia care plans.
• Administer general, regional, and local anesthesia while continuously monitoring patient status, airway management, anesthesia depth, and physiologic responses throughout surgical procedures.
• Provide post-anesthesia care by monitoring patient recovery, assessing postoperative complications or side effects, and supporting safe transitions following surgery.
• Collaborate with surgeons, physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to coordinate perioperative care and optimize patient outcomes.
• Maintain anesthesia equipment through routine inspection, cleaning, and readiness activities while completing required clinical documentation and organizational compliance requirements.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nurse Anesthesia from an accredited program.
• Active unrestricted CRNA license, NBCRNA certification, and DEA registration required.
• BLS and ACLS required; ATLS preferred.
• 3+ years of recent CRNA experience
• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident with a valid U.S. passport and ability to relocate to Iraq for the duration of the assignment.