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🩺 Palm Health Resources – Locum CRNA Opportunity (Central Pennsylvania Float Pool)
📍 Central Pennsylvania | Near State College | Access to Pittsburgh
Palm Health Resources is actively recruiting Locum CRNAs for a flexible float pool opportunity across multiple community hospitals in central Pennsylvania. This is an excellent option for providers seeking light volume, flexible scheduling, and a mix of independent and team-based practice environments.
📅 Assignment Overview
- Start: ASAP (rolling starts available through June 2026)
- Duration: 6 months initially (extension potential)
- Schedule: 2–3 shifts per week (PRN ongoing need)
- Shift Options:
- Hospital 1: Monday–Friday, 6:45a–3:30p
- Hospital 2: Monday–Thursday, 7:00a–5:00p
- Call: None
- Setting: Hospital (critical access + community hospital mix)
- EMR: Cerner
- Credentialing: 1–2 week temps available for clean files
️ Clinical Scope & Environment
- Low daily volume: ~3–5 cases/day (up to <20 depending on site)
- Mixed practice model:Tyrone: Solo / independent (non-medically directed)
- Huntingdon: Care team model with anesthesiologist support
Case Mix Includes:
- General surgery
- Orthopedics
- Ophthalmology
- ENT
- Endoscopy
- GYN
- Plastics
- Light peds exposure possible (ENT cases with pediatric anesthesiologist support)
- Cath lab expansion possible (future cases)
👉 Ideal for CRNAs seeking lower acuity, flexible PRN work, and autonomy in certain settings
🔧 Practice Environment
- Smaller hospitals:
- ~25-bed critical access site
- ~70-bed community hospital
- Efficient workflows, minimal bureaucracy
- Opportunity for independent practice + skill maintenance
Preferred (not required):
- Spinals
- Regional anesthesia / nerve blocks
- Arterial line placement
Requirements
- NBCRNA certified
- Active Pennsylvania license (no licensing support)
- BLS & ACLS required
- 2+ years experience (or 1+ year independent practice)
💰 Compensation
- Highly competitive 1099 rates — negotiable based on coverage & commitment
- OT available after scheduled shift (premium rate)
- Holiday pay at premium multiplier
️ Palm Health Locum CRNA Benefits
- A++ malpractice insurance
- Paid travel, lodging, and rental car or mileage
- Dedicated credentialing & licensing support
- 24/7 recruiter & operations team support
- Streamlined onboarding process
- Access to ICBA benefits (health, dental, life, disability)
- Referral bonuses
- Priority access to exclusive nationwide CRNA opportunities
🌟 Why This Opportunity
- Flexible 2–3 day/week schedule (great for PRN or supplemental income)
- No call, no nights, no weekends required
- Lower acuity, manageable case volume
- Mix of independent and team-based practice
- Quick credentialing with temp privileges available
- Easy regional travel with access to Pittsburgh and State College
- 📩 Apply quickly — flexible PRN roles with quick credentialing and low daily volume are highly sought after and tend to fill fast.

