What are the responsibilities and job description for the Anesthesia Technician position at medstar?
MedStar Health is looking for an Anesthesia Technician to join our team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center!
As an Anesthesia Technician, you will provide patient care and technical support to anesthesiologist and certified registered nurse anesthetist by ensuring that anesthesia supplies and equipment, in the Operating rooms, Labor & Delivery suites, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, MedSTAR, Burn Unit and other anesthesia locations, are clean and functional.
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Primary Duties:
Inspects and tests anesthesia equipment to ensure that equipment is readily available, clean and in good operating condition. Performs preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and minor repairs on instruments and equipment. Delivers malfunctioning equipment to the Biomedical Engineering department.
Assists anesthesiologist and certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) in airway management of patients. Sets-up fiberoptic equipment, invasive monitoring equipment, transducer cables and tubing, fluid and head humidifiers, pacemakers, esophageal pacing and electrodes.
Delivers emergency anesthesia machines, carts and materials to operating rooms, MedSTAR and other hospital satellite locations. Sterilizes laryngoscope blades and fiber-optic equipment. Collects and prepares other anesthesia instruments and equipment for sterilization by Sterile Processing Department (SPD).
Draws medication into syringes, dates, labels and distributes to anesthesia stations. Sets-up anesthesia stations with medications and intravenous fluids for emergency surgery. Receives, inspects and exchanges carts and bulk supplies from Medical Materials department. Coordinates the movement of all incoming, stored and reused anesthesia materials between Receiving, Medical Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Sterile Processing Department, Operating room and other areas.
Inspects and stocks Code Blue boxes, Latex Allergy, Malignant Hyperthermia and Anesthesia carts. Inventories carts and stocks supplies and drugs at par levels. Cleans and prepares anesthesia station between surgeries and after terminal cleaning. Assists in positioning patients for surgery. Attends in-service, classes and seminars.
Qualifications:
High School Diploma or GED.
May require up to l year of technical or other specialized training.
Six to twelve months experience in a position involving: anatomy, physiology, sterile techniques, computers, and/or electronic experience.
