Anesthesia Technician - full time, days

Description

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LOCATION: Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA

SCHEDULE: Full time (40 hours per week), primarily Monday through Friday from 6:30am to 3:00pm, occasional weekends, on-call rotation, 1 summer and 1 winter holiday.

Position Summary

Responsible for serving as an active member of the Perioperative Team. The main responsibility of this job is to assist with all phases of the perioperative procedure to include but not limited to: basic operating /block room set-up and turnover, assist anesthesia providers, patient preparation and positioning, stocking of supplies, anesthetic blocks, setting up sterile trays for lines and any other job needed to be completed within Perioperative Services as directed by the Circulating Nurse, Charge Nurse, Coordinator, Anesthesia Technologist Facilitator or Anesthesia provider. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: neonatal (birth to 30 days), pediatric (30 days through 12 years), adolescent (13 through 18 years), adult (19 through 64 years) and geriatric (65 years and above).

Essential Functions

• Prepare for hemodynamic monitoring and insertion of invasive hemodynamic monitors.
• Assist with Anesthesiologist with peripheral nerve blocks within any location of LGH
• Performs daily anesthesia machine checks
• preparing peripheral IV’s
• IV insertion to be under the direct supervision of the anesthesiologists or CRNA
• Assist with invasive lines
• drawing blood samples
• assisting with blood and fluid replacement
• preparing medications under the direct supervision of the anesthesiologist/CRNA
• Perform patient and control testing on unit-specific Point of Care testing, according to Lab regulatory standards. Report results and findings to the Licensed Care worker.
• Prepares fluid warmers
• Set up rapid transfusion devices
• Assist with difficult airway management
• Support anesthesia in non O.R. locations (endo, IVU, EP & Cath lab, ER)
• Stocks anesthesia carts
• Checks anesthesia equipment
• Orders anesthesia supplies and maintains par levels and adjusts inventory as indicated
• Performs daily checks of anesthesia equipment and supplies in all Operating Rooms
• Decontaminates anesthesia TEE equipment
• Provides support to the Surgical Team: ( as a team member will perform without hesitation or direction the duties below to maintain the flow of surgery)
• OR room preparation: Correct surgical bed with linens; Retrieve equipment as required; Assist with Opening sterile supplies
• Patient Preparation intra-op: Assist with prep & patient positioning using proper body mechanics; Assist with placement of OR equipment; Assist scrub team with sterile supplies, (Tying the backs of the scrub gowns); Supply/equipment retrieval prior to and during procedures and post procedure
• Transport specimens as requested
• Assure bed/stretcher is ready for patient at end of surgery
• Lifting help from OR bed to stretcher
• Flat surface cleaning
• Change out used anesthesia circuit and suction tubing
• Mop floor
• Remove trash and deliver to appropriate place
• Remove equipment and return to appropriate storage
• Patient transport as required
• End of shift
• Re-stock OR’s
• Return equipment/supplies to appropriate areas
• Report to the next shift status of OR’s
• Routinely performs necessary housekeeping independently within assigned area of department.
• Observes and reports unusual situations, reactions, effects, or conditions to responsible person. Reports equipment that is out of order.
• Understands and follows universal protocol
• Understands the parameters of the sterile field and traffic flow for the Operating Room
• Transport patients from the Nursing Units to the Operating Room.
• Transports patients from the PACU to the Nursing Unit
• Trouble shoot the Operating Room electrical beds.
• With guidance from the surgical team connect electrical equipment to the outlets and assist with moving equipment up to the sterile field.
• Knowledgeable of how to take pieces of equipment out of service
• Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.
  
  

Minumum Required Qualfications

• HS Diploma or GED
• One year of patient care experience or one year of perioperative services experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifiations

• One year of anesthesia related experience
• Graduate of Anesthesia Tech program
• Certified Anesthesia Tech
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.