Anesthesia Technician (Days)
Company: Surgery Partners
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: January 20, 2023
Job Description:
DescriptionJob Title: Anesthesia Technician
The Anesthesia Technician assists the anesthesia team prior to,
during, and following patient procedures in various Operating rooms
across UW Health. Individuals in this position are proficient in
the sterilization, maintenance, packing, and resupplying of the
most complex anesthesia supplies and equipment in the operating
room, and when available, responds to codes with anesthesia. The
Anesthesia Technician checks and supplies anesthesia carts and
machines, checks and replaces anesthesia gas tanks, disassembles
used anesthesia equipment, disinfects machines and supply carts,
replaces used products and prepares transducers for invasive
hemodynamic monitoring. This position has significant patient
contact while assisting in transport and procedures. This position
works collaboratively with Anesthesia, Nursing staff, and off-site
resources. In addition, the incumbent assists with the preparation
of anesthesia supplies both preoperatively and post operatively by
cleaning, maintaining, packaging, ordering, and inventorying of
anesthesia supplies.
Qualifications:
- Education: High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
- Licensure/Certification: Current BLS certification
required.
- Experience: Previous experience in a hospital setting is
preferred.
Essential Functions:
- Participates as the primary assistant to Anesthesia for
procedures in the Operating Room, Cath Lab, and Emergency
Department.
- For first case of the day and subsequent cases, the anesthesia
circuit will be changed.
- Change the soda line canister, according to OEM instructions
for use.
- Prepares anesthesia supplies.
- Preoperative: Ensure anesthesia carts are supplied and machines
are in each room prior to the beginning of the surgery schedule and
between procedures. Checks and replaces anesthesia gas tanks as
needed.
- Retrieve special anesthesia supplies that are anticipated
and/or requested by the person administering the anesthetic before
and during surgery.
- Prepares complex equipment and supplies for hemodynamic
monitoring. This varies based on location and may include
peripheral arterial and pulmonary artery catheter transducers, EKG,
pulse oximeter, and nerve simulators.
- Ensures monitoring equipment and supplies are ready.
- Ensures the anesthesia machine is ready for use including
troubleshooting and correcting problems. May perform daily
anesthesia equipment inspections including suction, electrical
plugs, gas connections, oxygen and nitrous oxide
cylinders.
- May assist in positioning patients for procedures.
Intraoperative:
- Provide and set up disposable materials needed to collect shed
blood. Based on location, may set up equipment for delivering
salvaged and banked blood products with Cell Saver and Rapid
infuser.
- Aseptically assemble auto transfusion disposables.
- Assist in dressing and securing IVs and Arterial
lines.
- Assist Anesthesia during intubating and extubating procedures
as directed.
- Restock all used supplies as needed during a surgery.
- Dispose of contaminated materials and disinfect equipment in
accordance with general operating room P&P concerning
biohazardous waste.
- Maintain awareness of physiological parameters and baselines of
patients during a surgery. Postoperative: * Clean anesthesia
equipment in the Operating Room and outside locations following
each procedure.
- Clean, maintain, and package used anesthesia materials and
equipment. * Inventories and orders anesthesia supplies.
- Run errands as requested by anesthesiologists/CRNAs/charge
RN/other team members as appropriate to facilitate the preparation
and conduct of anesthesia. Perform additional duties as requested
by other team members.
- Trouble shoot broken equipment and fix as directed by clinical
engineering.
- The above staff member must demonstrate the knowledge and skill
levels necessary to provide care, based on defined criteria, that
is appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her
assigned service area. The skill level and knowledge needed to
provide such care is gained through education, training, and/or
experience. When the individual does not meet the standard for a
specific competency, he/she will not be allowed to care for the
specified populations until retraining has occurred and competency
has been demonstrated.
At Bakersfield Heart Hospital, our patients are family. Healthcare
is constantly evolving; our growing organization is devoted to
ensuring that each person in our care feels safe. Our world-class
team of driven, passionate healthcare professionals are always
focused on service excellence and providing top quality care at the
bedside. If you share our values, we want to hear from you!
Competitive Pay. Full Suite of Benefits.
Bakersfield Heart Hospital is committed to the safety and wellbeing
of our team members and patients. Therefore, we require that all
team members receive all required vaccinations, including, but not
limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability
of the flu vaccine typically during October - March each year),
etc. as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical
and religious exemptions may apply.
Qualifications
EducationHigh School (required)
ExperiencePrevious experience in a hospital setting is preferred.
(preferred)
Licenses & CertificationsBasic Life Support (required)
Keywords: Surgery Partners, Bakersfield , Anesthesia Technician (Days), Professions , Bakersfield, California
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