Overview

Hours: 40 Hours, Days

Job Summary

Anesthesia and OR tech is a valuable member of the surgical and anesthesia team. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, helping with turnovers, cleaning the ORs at the beginning and at the end of the day, assisting with picking cases, transporting patients, helping with anesthesia and materials as needed, performing anesthesia machine daily and in between cases checks, assisting anesthesia providers with regional anesthesia procedures in PACU, assisting anesthesia providers with anything as need in and out of the OR.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately to prevent potential safety hazards from occurring.
• Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on the changing needs of the customers.
• Assists the Operating Room Team by setting up rooms for cases.
• Picks cases for the next day accurately and thoroughly.
• Cleans and disinfects instruments, cameras, scopes and light cords.
• Assembles kits and instrument trays accurately and thoroughly.
• Assists other members of the surgical team with terminal cleanup of room in readiness for the next patient, allowing for rapid turnover.
• Assures that materials needed for room turnover are ordered and on hand.
• Washes floors, walls, glass and furniture using appropriate cleaning solutions.
• Cleans and stocks bathrooms, changing rooms and lounge daily and PRN.
• Assists in the transfer of patients to and from the PACU and nursing units PRN.
• Assists by holding limbs in the Operating Room for prep as directed.
• Daily tests, sets up and stocks all anesthesia equipment including but not limited to the anesthesia machine, suction, airway equipment, etc.
• Daily and as needed performs maintenance of the anesthesia equipment.
• In between cases and at the end of every day maintains and ensures adherence to the infection control standards. Including but not limited to cleaning all anesthesia surfaces with the approved disinfectant, disposing of any contaminated or used equipment, cleaning all equipment that comes in patient contact with the hospital approved disinfectant.
• Responsible for ensuring that all equipment is maintained in a manner consistent with the standards of regulatory agencies and hospital policies.
• Maintains and stocks all anesthesia supplies (in the OR, in PACU, in Endoscopy suites, in travel carts, in the OB OR etc.) daily and as needed. Ensures adequate inventory, orders anesthesia equipment as needed.
• Gathering and transporting equipment and supplies to assist anesthesia providers in the provision of care outside of the operating room.
• Sets up anesthesia equipment in the operating room prior to each case start. Sets up equipment for procedures performed by anesthesia providers (e.g., ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks, PICC line placement, central line placement, fiberoptic intubation, etc.).
• Assists anesthesia providers while they are performing procedures (e.g., ultrasound guided regional nerve blocks, PICC line placement, central line placement, fiberoptic intubation, etc.) as needed.
• Assists with room turnover throughout Surgical Services, including in the endoscopy unit (in addition to cleansing and disinfecting anesthesia equipment, the Anesthesia Technician will occasionally assist in the cleansing and disinfecting of endoscopy equipment).
• Frequently checks in with the AIC and both practice leaders and offers assistance to facilitate patient throughput throughout perioperative services.
• Checks daily schedule and anticipates flow and needs within perioperative services such as peripheral blocks, patient transport, equipment needs, etc.

Statement of Other Duties

This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

Minimum Education

• Associate Degree in Science or equivalent.
• In lieu of formal education, relevant clinical experience in a hospital setting may be considered.

Minimum Work Experience

• Anesthesia Tech, C.N.A., EMT or Medical Assistant certification preferred.

Minimum Licenses and Certifications

• CPR Certification required.

Functional Demands

Physical Requirements

Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands), and feels (perceiving attributes of items such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of fingertips). Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist), and kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees).