Extivita Hyperbaric Technician

About the role

The Hyperbaric Technician role at Extivita exists at the intersection of technical excellence, patient trust, and human dignity. This position involves stewarding lives in vulnerable moments with calm presence, competence, and compassion.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, inspect, and verify chamber and console readiness prior to treatment.
• Review treatment protocols and dive profiles per provider direction.
• Set up and verify oxygen delivery, ventilation, and gas systems.
• Absorb patients with positioning, mask or hood fitting, and comfort.
• Educate patients on expectations, communication signals, and safety procedures.
• Confirm communication systems between the inside chamber and console.
• Ensure logs, checklists, and documentation are complete.
• Execute chamber pressurization and depressurization sequences.
• Maintain continuous awareness of patient conditions and the chamber environment.
• Provide calm in-chamber support, reassurance, and coaching, including equalization and breathing protocols.
• Maintain constant communication between the console and inside chamber.
• Adjust treatment parameters as directed by medical protocol or emergent conditions.
• Monitor for signs of oxygen toxicity, barotrauma, patient distress, or equipment issues.
• Serve as the primary responder inside the chamber or the command operator at the console during emergencies, as assigned.
• Execute emergency procedures, including fire response or fire suppression, power failure, treatment pause, rapid decompression, medical emergency, and system failure protocols.
• Maintain composure and clear direction during emergency situations.
• Ensure strict adherence to hyperbaric safety standards and procedures.
• Assist with safe patient exit and post-treatment observation.
• Complete treatment logs and compliance documentation.
• Report deviations, incidents, or maintenance concerns.
• Reset and prepare chamber systems for subsequent treatments.

Training, Mastery, and Development

• Structured and ongoing training in hyperbaric physics, gas laws, and dive profile execution.
• Training in chamber systems, console operations, valves, controls, and timing systems.
• Training in oxygen delivery, exhaust, and ventilation management.
• Training in patient monitoring, communication, and in-chamber care techniques.
• Training in emergency response protocols, including fire, decompression, power failure, and medical emergencies.
• Training in regulatory compliance and safety standards.
• CPR/BLS certification support.
• Ongoing drills, competency evaluations, and annual recertification.
• Personal and professional development aligned with People First principles.

Who Thrives Here

• People who combine technical discipline with character, humility, and care for others.
• Watchful stewards who take patient safety, communication, and personal growth seriously.
• Value people first and maintain rational thinking under pressure.
• Demonstrate personal responsibility and operational discipline.
• Use clear, precise, and caring communication.
• Respect safety, systems, and human life.
• Show coachability and commitment to continual learning.
• Desire to grow intellectually, personally, and professionally.