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Des Peres, Missouri

CRNA at Missouri Baptist Medical Center - Sign-On Bonus $30,000 and Minimal Call!

CRNANo callNo nightsFull-Time MD-Supervised State

Listed compensation

starts at $244K

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

BJC HealthCare is hiring CRNAs for our highly respected Magnet-Recognized hospital, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, located in an esteemed area of St. Louis, MO.

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
  • Full Time - Updated Minimal Call Schedule!
  • Call is taken from home, with a 30-min call requirement.
  • 2nd call rarely called in overnight.
  • New Graduates Welcome, offering Advanced Sign-On Bonus for Students!

Salary

  • Base salary starts at $243,500.00 for new grads (salary is based on CRNA experience).
  • Supplemental pay for call and hours worked beyond scheduled shifts.
  • Sign-On Bonus of $30,000.00
  • Advanced Sign-On Bonus option for Students of $1500/month.
  • Annual Call Bonus of $15,000 for taking call.
  • Eligible for Annual Merits.
  • CRNAs are not Contracted.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision among numerous other benefits.
  • Allowed Time Off (ATO)
  • CME Allowance
  • FMLA, Short-Term Disability and Parental Leave
  • Retirement Package

Schedule

  • Call taking position with a great work/life balance.
  • Guaranteed paid post-call day off.
  • Call is from Home (no overnight stays at hospital).
  • Call requirement is 30-min.
  • 2nd Call is rarely called in overnight.

Coverage Areas (All In-House and Variety of Cases)

  • Operating Room
  • Women’s Outpatient Center
  • Endoscopy Lab
  • Cath Lab
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • MRI

Why our team members love working for Missouri Baptist Medical Center Anesthesia!

  • Collaborating with a patient-experience focused Chief CRNA's providing safe and high-quality care.
  • Supportive physicians who eagerly help with problem-solving.
  • Encouraging and confidence-building culture.

Great opportunity to work in a top hospital system providing state-of-the-art care.

For questions, and/or further details, please reach out to julia.parker2@bjc.org.

Overview

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound and pain management services. The hospital has a 24-hour adult emergency department and cares for pediatric patients at a separate emergency department in collaboration with St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Missouri Baptist is the first and only hospital in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The prestigious designation is the highest credential a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence and quality patient care. This recognition has been accomplished by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Advanced practice nurse who works in collaboration with anesthesiologists, surgeons and other physicians and medical professionals to deliver anesthesia for medical and surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

Participates in Professional Development

  • Provides direct patient care and documents care given.
  • Ensures compliance with all applicable state, local, and federal laws that may apply to anesthesia services.

Completes the pre-anesthesia patient record, reviews the results of laboratory data, and begins induction when appropriate.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

  • Nursing

Experience

<2 years

  • Supervisor Experience
  • No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Cert RN Anesthetist

Preferred Requirements

Education

Master's Degree

  • Nursing

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing and possess a valid Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) license. The role is open to new graduates, with a preference for those holding a master's degree in nursing.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Anesthesia deliveryClinical documentationPre-anesthesia assessmentRegulatory compliancePatient monitoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates CRNA at Missouri Baptist Medical Center - Sign-On Bonus $30,000 and Minimal Call! at BJC HealthCare a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) — ranked against 958 active Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

CRNA Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Anesthesia listings this role was benchmarked against, 78% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$244k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $268k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 6.9
Better work-life than 80% of Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 958 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Des Peres

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$530k≈ 2.2× annual pay
Median resident rent
$1,750/mo≈ 9% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About BJC HealthCare

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501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus $30,000
Annual call bonus $15,000
Medical, dental, vision insurance
Allowed Time Off (ATO)
CME allowance
FMLA, short-term disability, parental leave
Retirement package