Anesthesia Technologist

Job Description

• Assist the Anesthesiologist staff; to clean, organize, and to prepare anesthesia and monitoring equipment; and to maintain collaborative relationships with Anesthesiologists, operating room staff, vendors, and other hospital departments.
• Provides technical support to anesthesiologists and surgical staff under the supervision of the Senior Anesthesia Technology and Specialist Anesthesia.
• Considering age related needs, performs patient care activities, within the scope of practice. As a member of the anesthesia care team, assists with direct patient care for infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient.
• Working with minimal supervision, daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to the setup, application and assistance of:
• Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
• Induction of anesthesia for general/regional & local anesthesia
• Fibreoptic intubation.
• Provide cricoid pressure.
• Insertion of routine & difficult venipuncture.
• Positioning of patient for surgery.
• Anesthesia blocks, and emergency C-sections in labor & deliver.
• Responds to Code Blue, Code Pink, etc. with the anesthesia care team.
• Prepares and applies patient warming modalities when needed.
• Assembles anesthesia airway set up. Prepares machine for malignant hyperthermia & latex allergy when needed.
• Utilizing sterile technique, sets up and assists with placement of invasive monitoring equipment in routine and emergency situations, including: Arterial line, central venous pressure line, PA catheter, cardiac output and other monitoring adjuncts.
• Assists with obtaining lab specimens and ABG's. Is competent in the use of & quality assurance for Point of Care testing equipment.
• Coordinates patient monitoring equipment availability with PACU and Critical Care units.
• Works with perioperative team to facilitate a prompt room turnover.
• Assembles anesthesia equipment and supplies needed for general/regional/local anesthesia.