Position Summary: Under the leadership of the Director of Surgical Services, the Anesthesia Technician is an active member of the department that assists with providing comfort measures and basic care to patients. The Anesthesia Technician prepares for scheduled and emergent cases, stocks supplies and prepares for the next day’s cases. The Tech collaborates with the healthcare team providers to prepare for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures. The Tech assist with the restocking of anesthesia carts with necessary supplies.
Basic Qualifications: Requires a high school diploma or a GED state certification. Requires up to one year of work related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience. - Licensure, Registrations & Certifications:
Requires and maintains a certification in Basic Life Saving (BLS). (If BLS certification is not current upon hire, it must be obtained within three (3) months of hire.) Essential Job Responsibilities: - Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team with positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, co workers, and staff from other departments of the organization.
- Provides direct support to the nursing staff in the delivery of quality patient care.
- Follows the department director’s and licensed nursing staffs’ instruction and directions.
- Complies with CRHS and departmental safety, infection control, and performance improvement initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality care and services.
- Prepares rooms for scheduled and emergent cases ensuring all required supplies are available.
- Cleans rooms after cases and maintains the cleanliness of the department.
- Collaborates with the healthcare team providers to be ready for the peri-operative patient’s surgical proceduresand assists timely room turnover.
- Orders supplies and restocks surgical rooms with necessary anesthesia and or surgical supplies, as evidenced by staff and supervisor observation.
- Decontaminates and prepares used anesthesia equipment. .
- Performs terminal cleaning of the surgical rooms and equipment as necessary, helping peri-operative team members with set up of equipment and rooms as necessary
- Assists with positioning and transporting of patients as needed.
- Follows all procedures for labeling of cleaning products.
- Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, physicians and other healthcare staff.
- Takes on-call duty on an as needed basis.
- Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control and performance improvement initiatives to ensure the delivery of quality care and services.
- Presents a professional image to CRHS staff and medical staff members.
- Attends professional development programs and in-service training and meets the minimum requirement for continuing education.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Standards of Performance: - Prepares for scheduled and emergent cases, ensuring all required supplies are available
- Collaborates with the healthcare team providers to prepare for the peri-operative patient’s surgical procedures.
- Orders supplies and restocks anesthesia carts and surgical suites as necessary.
- Decontaminates and prepares used anesthesia instruments for cleaning and sterilization as necessary.
- Adheres to all procedures for labeling of cleaning products.
- Complies with all standards of care, safety and infection control policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates reliability as measured by compliance with the CRHS Time and Attendance policy.
- Demonstrates professional conduct and adherence to all safety, confidentiality and HIPAA standards.
- Promotes teamwork with the entire staff as well as other contacts within the hospital, as measured by observations of Manager and co-workers.
- Actively participates as a member of the healthcare team by attending all mandated in-services, as well as departmental staff meetings as determined by the department director.
- Adheres to the CRHS Standards of Behavior as measured by observations of staff, as well as outside and other inside customers.
- Complies with all regulatory requirements including the National Patient Safety Goals as observed by peers, supervisor and all members of the healthcare team.
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