Anesthesia Technician

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

• Checks, cleans and maintains anesthesia machine monitors including changing oxygen cylinders, refilling anesthesia gases, changing CO2 absorbent and ensuring equipment is in good working order.
• Assists in set-ups of anesthesia equipment as needed.
• Orders, obtains and stocks sterile solution surgical supplies to specified storage cabinets, including automated dispensing systems/cabinets.
• Orders and maintains inventories of supplies in anesthesia and related areas.
• Ensures anesthesia carts are appropriately stocked.
• Ensures malfunctioning equipment is serviced and proper infection control and regulatory guidelines are followed.
• Assists in operating room turn-over by disinfecting anesthesia work surfaces, monitor cables and connecting a clean anesthesia circuit to the anesthesia machine.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• No experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching and gripping.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
• Able to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry.

Education

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience.

Work Shift

• Variable Shift (United States of America).

Job Type

• Employee.

Department

• 4400000038 ANESTHESIOLOGY.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

• 20.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: provides upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

About the Role

Performs a number of duties in assisting the professional staff in setting-up, calibrating, disinfection and operating anesthesia equipment. Orders, obtains, stocks and distributes anesthesia supplies to carts.