Chief CRNA- Baptist Health Louisville
Listed compensation
$240k
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Job Description
Role Overview
NorthStar Anesthesia is seeking a Chief CRNA to provide clinical leadership and support daily operations at Baptist Health Louisville. This role offers the opportunity to lead and support a collaborative anesthesia team while maintaining clinical practice in a diverse hospital setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and support to the CRNA team.
- Coordinate staffing and daily anesthesia operations.
- Promote quality patient care, clinical excellence, and provider engagement.
- Partner with hospital and anesthesia leadership to improve workflows and resolve operational challenges.
- Collaborate with clinical recruiting on candidate interviews, site visits, and provider onboarding.
Case Mix: General, OB, and 24-hour OR coverage, with opportunities to practice across a diverse surgical environment.
Compensation & Benefits
- $240,000 base salary
- $6,000 incentive
- $20,000 annual Chief CRNA stipend
- 8 weeks of PTO
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced CRNA interested in a leadership role while remaining clinically engaged.
About The Facility
Facility Description:
Baptist Health Louisville is a 500+ bed tertiary care center excelling in emergency medicine, cardiac care, cancer treatment, women’s and orthopedic services, with strong behavioral health and rehab programs. Recognized both for quality (Multiple U.S. News “High Performing,” Magnet nursing) and staff/work culture (Best Places to Work), it serves high patient volumes across a wide clinical spectrum.
About NorthStar
Our Story: NorthStar Anesthesia
Founded in 2004 by an Anesthesiologist and CRNA, NorthStar Anesthesia is one of the largest anesthesia management companies in the country. We partner with over 150 hospitals and surgery centers across 20+ states, encompassing more than 2000 providers nationwide.
NorthStar is on the cutting edge of technology implementation, ensuring our hospitals and providers have the best resources available.
Our performance-driven approach combines quality anesthesia care with the efficiency and accountability that hospitals require, allowing our partners and providers to focus on what they do best: care for patients. At NorthStar Anesthesia we believe that’s a better way to operate.
- EEO/AA/M/F/Veteran/Disability Employer
- Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Life, Long Term/Short Term, Malpractice, 401k and more
Requirements
The role requires an experienced CRNA capable of providing clinical leadership and managing daily hospital operations. Candidates must be prepared to practice in a diverse surgical environment including general and OB cases.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
CRNA Career Context
Of the 50 active Nurse Anesthesia listings this role was benchmarked against, 80% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$240k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $266k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in St. Matthews
- Median resident rent
- $1,369/mo≈ 7% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.