Anesthesia Technician, Day Shift, Full Time

Description

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Job Title: Anesthesia Technician

Entity: LGH

Location: Lancaster General Hospital - 555 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602

Hours: 1.0 FTE (40 Hours per week), Day Shift

Position Summary:

• Responsible for serving as an active member of the Perioperative Team. The main responsibility of this job is to assist with all phases of the perioperative procedure to include but not limited to: basic operating block room set-up and turnover, assist anesthesia providers, patient preparation and positioning, stocking of supplies, anesthetic blocks, setting up sterile trays for lines and any other job needed to be completed within Perioperative Services as directed by the Circulating Nurse, Charge Nurse, Coordinator, Anesthesia Technologist Facilitator or Anesthesia provider. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: neonatal (birth to 30 days), pediatric (30 days through 12 years), adolescent (13 through 18 years), adult (19 through 64 years) and geriatric (65 years and above).
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:
• Anesthesia
• Prepare for hemodynamic monitoring and insertion of invasive hemodynamic monitors.
• Assist with Anesthesiologist with peripheral nerve blocks within any location of LGH
  
  

Assists the Anesthesiologist CRNA during cases. Duties include:

• Performs daily anesthesia machine checks
• Preparing peripheral IV’s
• IV insertion to be under the direct supervision of the anesthesiologists or CRNA
• Assist with invasive lines
• Drawing blood samples
• Assisting with blood and fluid replacement
• Preparing medications under the direct supervision of the anesthesiologist CRNA
• Performs point of care testing and the QA’s associated
• Prepares fluid warmers
• Set up rapid transfusion devices
• Assist with difficult airway management
• Support anesthesia in non O.R. locations endo, IVU, EP and Cath lab, ER
• Stocks anesthesia carts
• Checks anesthesia equipment
• Orders anesthesia supplies and maintains par levels and adjusts inventory as indicated
• Performs daily checks of anesthesia equipment and supplies in all Operating Rooms
• Decontaminates anesthesia TEE equipment
• Provides support to the Surgical Team: as a team member will perform without hesitation or direction the duties below to maintain the flow of surgery
• OR room preparation: Correct surgical bed with linens; Retrieve equipment as required; Assist with Opening sterile supplies
• Patient Preparation intra-op: Assist with prep and patient positioning using proper body mechanics; Assist with placement of OR equipment; Assist scrub team with sterile supplies, Tying the backs of the scrub gowns ; Supply equipment retrieval prior to and during procedures and post procedure
  
  

Intra-op:

• Transport specimens as requested
• Assure bed stretcher is ready for patient at end of surgery
  
  

Post-op

• Lifting help from OR bed to stretcher
• Flat surface cleaning
• Change out used anesthesia circuit and suction tubing
• Mop floor
• Remove trash and deliver to appropriate place
• Remove equipment and return to appropriate storage
• Patient transport as required
• End of shift
• Re-stock OR’s
• Return equipment supplies to appropriate areas
• Report to the next shift status of OR’s
• Routinely performs necessary housekeeping independently within assigned area of department.
  
  

Other duties

• Observes and reports unusual situations, reactions, effects, or conditions to responsible person. Reports equipment that is out of order.
• Understands and follows universal protocol
• Understands the parameters of the sterile field and traffic flow for the Operating Room
• Other duties as deemed necessary by the Department Manager
  
  

Credentials:

• Certified Anesthesia Tech (Preferred)
  
  

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
• One (1) year of patient care experience or one (1) year of perioperative services experience (Required)
• A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program (Required)
• Vocational/Trade Diploma (Preferred)
• One (1) year of Anesthesia related experience (Preferred)
• Graduate of Anesthesia Tech program (Preferred)
  
  

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.