Full-Time
Anesthesia Tech
WVUMedicine
No salary listed
Martinsburg, WV, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Inventory Management
Requirements
- Associate degree from Anesthesiology Technology Program
- OR High School Diploma or Equivalent AND two (2) years’ experience as an Anesthesia Care Assistant or nursing assistant and/or direct patient care.
- Obtain Certification in BLS within 30 days of hire date.
Responsibilities
- Understands and practices the principles of aseptic technique.
- Ensures proper disposal of one-time use items.
- Sets up and spikes IV manufacturer made maintenance fluids (does not include patient specific compound bags from pharmacy).
- May set up disposable supplies for sterile anesthesia field.
- Evaluates equipment needs of patients being transferred from critical care units to the OR and OR to Phase I Recovery.
- Assists with connection of the proper monitoring equipment for patients after the surgical procedure.
- Ensures basic anesthesia equipment is available in each anesthetic location including emergency airway equipment (i.e.bags, working blades, etc.).
- Assists anesthesia providers with intubations and other procedures by acquiring supplies, instruments, and lines.
- Responsible for storage, use and safe handling of bulk and cylinder gases.
- Assists with line placement by aiding inserter.
- Checks for expiration dates on disposable supplies.
- Ensures malignant hyperthermia supplies are available in assigned location.
- Cleans up a hazardous spill ensuring SDS sheets are followed.
- Completes required incident documentation.
- Sets up disposable supplies and assists with all therapeutic pain management applications (Blocks, Bier Blocks, Stellate Ganglion Blocks, Epidural Blocks, Intercostal Blocks, Trigger Point Blocks, etc.).
- Sets up suction devices.
- Switches out anesthesia machine tanks and recording paper when needed.
- Confirms anesthesia equipment is available for CRNA/resident/MD including confirming power/gas sources & electrical cords are in proper working order; notifying Biomed & hands-on provider of concerns related to equipment & patient safety (i.e. loose sockets); and ensuring anesthesia equipment is properly cleaned prior to patient care & appropriately connected to emergency power outlets.
- Provides Anesthesia support during all emergency situations (difficult intubation, latex allergy patient episodes, cardiac crisis, malignant hyperthermia, etc.) and routine case turnover including anesthesia post case cleaning.
- At end of day terminally cleans and dusts anesthesia equipment and prepares for next day use.
- Anticipates anesthesia requirements for scheduled and emergent procedures and has equipment set up without requests from the MD/CRNA.
- Assumes responsibility for answering anesthesia pages during workday.
- Sets up IVs, fluid warmers, and pressure transducers.
- Acquires computer pumps.
- Monitors the inventory of consumable supplies.
- Ensures that the anesthesia carts are stocked and the anesthesia area is clean and uncluttered.
- May transport mobile cart’s medication tray to and from Pharmacy.
- Reprocesses reusable supplies.
- Drains and reconnects hoses.
- Checks and changes soda sorb and tubing’s.
- Ensures the rotation of stock and the proper storage of electrical equipment.
- Informs appropriate persons of equipment issues and potential problems.
- Recognizes need for repair and initiates repair actions.
- Maintains an equipment repair log and equipment loaner book.
- Stocks IV bins and utilizes anesthesia exchange carts to stock anesthesia blue bells.
- May perform Point of Care testing within role scope of practice.
- Performs all quality controls for Point of Care testing devices.
- Provides information for budget preparation regarding needed equipment and supplies.
- Provides input on cost-initiatives and facilitates those components relative to the Department of Anesthesia.
- Selects and prepares difficult airway equipment and instruments according to patient needs.
- Assists within scope of role/practice anesthesiologist, resident, or CRNA with therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
- Performs, as needed, all core duties of anesthesia care assistant.
- May function in charge role as assigned.
- Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) may have limited access to medications including transport of non-controlled substances and MH kit at the request of a licensed care provider.
- Partnering with new hire and role modeling scope of practice, assists with an orientee’s duties’ training.