Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Teaching hospital delivering patient-centered medical care

Anesthesia Technician 2

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeUnited StatesIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education and experience.
Six months to one year of Anesthesia Technologist experience.
In the absence of any listed skills, demonstrate the ability to learn to meet organizational standards.
Maintain yearly validation of all required skill competencies.
Participate fully in the after-hours, weekend, and holiday call rotation.
Be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

Set up anesthetizing locations with equipment and supplies appropriate to the case type and patient age, consulting with an Anesthesiologist or Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist as needed.
Connect anesthesia equipment and supplies, including input and output hoses, bronchoscopes, breathing circuits, intravenous solutions, transducers, medical pump tubing, and cardiac monitoring equipment; deliver equipment as needed.
Perform leak testing and calibration of anesthesia machines, replace oxygen and flow sensors, troubleshoot and service equipment, change machine tanks and carbon dioxide absorbent canisters, and clean equipment after cases.
Prepare and calibrate blood pressure transducers, set up intravenous solutions and infusions, operate hemodynamic monitoring systems, perform the cardiac output injectate process, report numeric results to the provider, enter patient data for calculations, and follow the calibration sequence for mixed venous oxygen saturation catheters.
Set up non-invasive cardiac output monitoring systems, enter required data, and aseptically assemble kits.
Assist anesthesia staff with setup and initialization of hemodynamic monitoring equipment, including arterial lines, central venous catheters, pulmonary artery catheters, and transesophageal echocardiography equipment.
Assist anesthesia providers with arterial line and central line placement; prepare patients using sterile technique, open kits, calibrate and label transducers, select monitor profiles, aseptically connect pulmonary artery catheters, assist with catheter placement, and prepare transesophageal echocardiography machines.
Assist Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists in patient care before, during, and immediately after anesthesia, including transferring and positioning patients, attaching vital-sign monitoring equipment, holding patients for procedures, and preparing and holding equipment for endotracheal intubations.
Assist with airway management by setting up fiberoptic scopes, laryngeal mask airways, single- and double-lumen tubes, jet ventilation systems, atomizers, and topical solutions; provide cricoid pressure during rapid sequence induction when needed.
Assist with transport monitoring of critically ill patients to intensive care units.
Test, set up, maintain sterile technique, and process autologous blood products for reinfusion; package and label products and report estimated blood loss and returned processed volume to the Anesthesiologist.
Set up and prime rapid infuser systems while maintaining aseptic technique.
Draw blood from lines for laboratory analysis in cardiac and hepatic cases, following established protocols and sterile technique.
Prepare anesthesia machines for malignant hyperthermia cases by installing filters, replacing absorbent, removing vaporizers, and running the ventilator at recommended settings for the required period.
Conduct performance tests, calibrate anesthesia equipment, and perform first-level repairs such as battery changes, cable swaps, and monitor checks.
Troubleshoot routine equipment problems in the operating room and repair or replace equipment as needed.
Maintain yearly competency in high-level disinfection processes for transesophageal echocardiography probes and follow applicable committee and regulatory requirements and quality-control procedures.
Participate in departmental or interdepartmental quality-improvement activities and complete mandatory education.
Comply with hospital policies and behavioral expectations, incorporate organizational principles and goals into daily work, and maintain courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.
Meet performance expectations, competency assessments, and customer-service standards; perform other duties as needed or directed.

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Under general supervision of the Anesthesia Provider, Anesthesia Technologist Manager or a designee and following established procedures, the Anesthesia Technician 2 assures the quality of service and monitoring for patients undergoing anesthesia in all anesthetizing locations throughout the hospital.  Maintains, services, sets up, tests, and troubleshoots equipment and provides technical assistance to the Anesthesia staff in the care of patients.  Learns supervisory responsibility for the department daily by observing the Anesthesia Tech Manager or designee. Required maintenance of all skill sets with yearly validation of competencies by the Manager or Clinical Educator, the Anesthesia Technician 2 will perform all duties and obligations associated with call and meet all of the departmental and hospital policy requirements. The colleague will remain in good standing in all areas of expectation as described below including standards of behavior and educational requirements. This will encompass all organizational standards required by LHMC.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

Sets-up an anesthetizing location with required equipment and supplies according to the type of cases and ages of the patients. Consults with Anesthesiologist or CRNA for specific setup needs as necessary or requested. Locations include but not limited to Operating Rooms (21 rooms) , Interventional Radiology Suites, Neurointerventional Radiology Suites, CTI, Litho, EP Labs, Cath labs, MRI, and Endoscopy (5rms) ,Pulmonary, PETScan ,CT Scan and Radiation Oncology. Some areas require additional equipment and setup with an EPIC connection as they are not equipped as a full-time anesthetizing location. Sets up equipment for use in the work area such as, but not limited to, connecting input and output hoses, bronchoscopes, and assembling breathing circuits.  Delivers required anesthesia equipment as needed. Sets up IV solutions, transducers, medical pump tubing and all required equipment, for cardiac monitoring. Performs leak testing,calibration replaces 02 sensors and flow sensors of anesthesia machines. Provides troubleshooting and service corrections. Changes tanks on machines and C02 absorbent canisters as needed. Cleans anesthesia machines and other anesthesia equipment after each case to meet operating room target times.

Prepares blood pressure transducers. Calibrates them to the appropriate machine.  Sets up IV solutions and IV infusions. Demonstrates proficiency with functionality of various hemodynamic monitoring systems. Performs Cardiac output injectate process and reports numeric to the provider. Enters all patient data for calculations. Follows calibration sequence for SVO2 catheters.. Demonstrates proper set up of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring systems entering all data and aseptically assembling kit.

Assists the Anesthesia staff in the set up and initialization of hemodynamic monitoring equipment including arterial lines, central venous catheters, PA catheters, TEE. Assists anesthesia providers with arterial line and central line placement. Comfortable and knowledgeable about each kit available at LHMC. Based on case type and provider directives, follows proper patient sterile prep procedures, open kits using sterile technique. Calibrates equipment such as Arterial, Central line and PA transducers ensures correct labeling and monitor profiles. Demonstrates ability to aseptically connect pulmonary artery catheter and assist with placement of the PAC. Set up and prepare TEE machine for patient use.
Assists Anesthesiologists in care of patients before, during, and immediately after anesthesia which involves the following: transfer of patients from stretchers to operating table; attachment of vital signs monitoring equipment; position and hold patients for procedures, i.e spinal, epidurals; assist in endotracheal intubations by preparing and holding equipment. Assists Anesthesiologists and CRNAs with airway management, including set up of fiberoptic scope, LMA, single and double lumen tubes, jet ventilation system, atomizer and topical solutions for awake intubation. May assist with cricoid pressure during rapid sequence induction. Assists with transport monitoring of critically ill patients to intensive care units.
Tests, sets up, maintain sterile technique and process autologous blood products for reinfusion. Package, label and report to the Anesthesiologist the volume, estimated blood loss (EBL) and returned processed unit volume.
Sets up and primes rapid infuser systems and maintains aseptic technique.
Following established protocols and using proper sterile technique, in cardiac and hepatic cases draws blood from lines for labs for laboratory analysis.
Sets up and prepares Anesthesia machines for malignant hyperthermia cases, installs appropriate filters, replaces absorbent, removes vaporizers, runs ventilator at appropriate settings for recommended period of time.
Conducts performance tests, performs calibration and first level repairs (i.e. battery changes, cable swapping, monitor checks) of anesthesia equipment.
Troubleshoots routine problems with equipment in OR during use, repairing or replacing as necessary.
Maintains yearly competency with High Level Disinfection processes. Proficiently follows all regulations as established by the HLD committee and regulatory agencies. This process applies to processing of Trans Esophageal Echo probes. Can speak to all components of this process and all quality control aspects.
Participates fully in call rotation to provide technical support for anesthesia services after hours and on weekends/holidays.
Incorporates LHMC Guiding Principles, Mission Statement and Goals into daily activities.

Complies with all LHMC Policies.

Complies with behavioral expectations of the department and LHMC.

Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.

Demonstrates an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.

Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Customer Service standards.

Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.

Participates in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.

Performs all other duties as needed or directed to meet the needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: High school diploma or equivalent education and experience

Licensure, Certification, Registration: None

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:In the absence of any of these skills, demonstrates the ability to learn to meet organizational standards.

Experience: Six months to one year of Anesthesia Technologist experience.

Pay Range:

$23.10 - $34.33

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

About the Company

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Teaching hospital delivering patient-centered medical care

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) serves as a teaching hospital in Boston affiliated with Harvard Medical School, offering a wide range of medical services across inpatient, emergency, outpatient, and urgent care. Its care model centers on delivering high-quality medical treatment to patients, supported by patient access initiatives like OpenNotes, which lets patients view clinicians’ notes online to improve understanding and engagement in their care. The hospital also supports education and research through its affiliation with Harvard, attracting funding for studies and training programs. BIDMC differentiates itself through its patient-centered approach, active patient engagement tools, and a broad network of urgent care centers and outpatient services that extend access to healthcare. The goal is to provide comprehensive, accessible, evidence-based medical care while advancing medical education and research.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $5.4M
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Founded: 1996

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