What are the responsibilities and job description for the Anesthesia Tech position at Ardent Health Services?
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Our UT Health Tyler hospital is seeking an experienced Anesthesia Tech. We are looking for your experience, knowledge and patient care skills in our Anesthesia department where you will be responsible for:
Responsibilities
What You Will Be Doing:
- Order and pick up medications from Pharmacy. Stock carts with needed medications. Require knowledge of generic and brand names for all pharmaceuticals. Maintain medications within their expiration date and properly dispose of expired medications
- Stock and clean all assigned areas daily. Stock, clear and replace all anesthesia equipment and supplies as necessary
- Participate in room turnover assuring minimal downtime between cases
- Perform decontamination of areas after each case. Remove and replace anesthesia circuits and suction. Change soda lime canister as needed
- Set up special monitoring lines for cases
- Coordinate basic upkeep and maintenance of anesthesia machine with Biomedical personnel
- Obtain and prepare equipment for transport of critically ill patients
- Maintain all specialty carts in the department
- Maintain daily log of refrigerator temperatures in workrooms in Main OR, Day Surgery and OB
- Adhere to guidelines provided by MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) on hazardous materials and supplies
- Recognize, adhere to and is knowledgeable of the Joint Commission standards
Qualifications
Position Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Knowledge of ordering supplies and keeping inventory
- Patient Centered Customer Service: Genuinely care about people.
- Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the better together.
- Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to be the best.
- Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the whole.
- Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective working relationships with others.
- Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver excellence.
- Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
- Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as efficient as possible.
- Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge solutions.
- Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get there and why.
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time while completing work on a computer
- Ability to lift 10 or more pounds
- Ability to move throughout the workplace
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