Houston Methodist

Nonprofit academic medical center with hospitals

Anesthesia Technician

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHouston, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent education is required.
One year of hospital experience is required if not certified; no experience is required for candidates certified through the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians.
Basic Life Support certification or instructor status through the American Heart Association is required.
Certified Anesthesia Technician certification through the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians is preferred.
Demonstrate the skills and competencies needed to perform the assigned job safely, as determined through ongoing skills and competency assessments and performance evaluations.
Have sufficient English speaking, reading, and writing proficiency to perform essential job functions, especially those affecting patient or employee safety and security.
Communicate effectively with patients, physicians, family members, and coworkers in a customer-service-focused manner using positive language principles.
Possess basic computer knowledge and operate hospital and anesthesia systems and Microsoft Office products to maintain patient documents.
Demonstrate developing organizational and problem-solving skills, prioritize multiple tasks and role components, and participate in problem-solving with minimal supervision.
Demonstrate developing time-management skills.
Progress toward working independently and exercising judgment when interacting with physicians, the interprofessional care team, patients, and their families.

Responsibilities

Support anesthesia providers and other members of the interprofessional health care team, with direct involvement in patient care before, during, and after procedures.
Assist with anesthesia-related procedures and troubleshoot anesthesia-related equipment.
Set up, operate, and initiate patient monitoring in anesthetizing locations, including operating rooms, catheterization laboratories, and endoscopy areas, as well as preoperative units, post-anesthesia care units, and intensive care units as assigned.
Maintain familiarity with anesthetizing locations, anesthesia supplies, and related equipment, ensuring assigned locations and items are ready, available, and in good working condition.
Contribute to a positive work environment and a team-focused work unit; communicate and report pertinent patient-care information comprehensively to the interprofessional health care team.
Work with others to contribute to the overall work effort and participate in problem resolution, communicating clearly and professionally.
Contribute to improving department employee-engagement scores, including peer-to-peer accountability.
Perform anesthesia-support activities in monitoring and anesthesia locations, including operating rooms, catheterization laboratories, intensive care units, and other patient-care areas where anesthesia is performed.
Perform complete patient-monitoring and anesthesia-equipment setup in operating and procedure rooms.
Set up, calibrate as necessary, and check the performance of monitoring and anesthesia equipment before connecting it to the patient.
Clean and disinfect equipment and work areas between patients according to infection-control standards and department procedures.
Organize workflow, solve problems, manage ongoing priorities with minimal supervision, and seek guidance when needed.
Promptly report near misses and enter errors into TAPS to improve processes and identify trends; contribute to corrective actions and improvement activities.
Contribute to meeting department and hospital quality and safety targets.
Restore anesthetizing areas and anesthesia-service workstations after each case, including organizing monitor cables, turning off anesthesia gases, restocking unused supplies, and returning equipment to designated places.
Use resources cost-effectively, manage time independently, minimize incidental overtime, prioritize daily tasks, and assist coworkers as needed.
Participate in assigned committees and task forces and complete and follow up on assigned action items.
Seek learning opportunities beyond baseline competencies to support continued development as a Technician or Technologist; hold career discussions with appropriate management and maintain the My Development Plan.

This is a full time, evening shift position scheduled to work Monday-Friday from 2:30pm-11:00pm with rotating call.

At Houston Methodist, the Anesthesia Technician (AT) position provides support to the anesthesia providers and other members of the interprofessional health care team and is directly involved in patient care before, during and after procedures. This position assists with anesthesia-related procedures, troubleshooting of anesthesia-related equipment, and set up, operation, and initiation of patient monitoring in all anesthetizing locations e.g., OR, Cath Lab, Endoscopy, etc., as well as, in preoperative units, post-anesthesia care units, and intensive care units, as deemed necessary or as assigned. The AT position is familiar with all anesthetizing locations, anesthesia supplies, and anesthesia and other related equipment ensuring that assigned locations and items are ready, available, and in good working conditions at all times.

FLSA STATUS
Non-exempt

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

High School diploma or equivalent education (examples include: GED, verification of homeschool equivalency, partial or full completion of post-secondary education, etc.)

EXPERIENCE

One year of hospital experience if not certified; no experience if certified through the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians (ASATT)

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Required

BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association

Preferred

ASATT - Certified Anesthesia Tech

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles
Possesses basic computer knowledge; operates multiple computer systems to include, Hospital/Anesthesia systems and Microsoft Office products to maintain patient documents
Progression towards organizational and problem-solving skills as evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components and actively participating in problem-solving with minimal supervision
Progression towards demonstrating time management skills
Ability to progress towards independence and exercise judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients and their families

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Contributes to a positive work environment and to a dynamic, team focused work unit that actively helps one another to achieve optimal department results. Collaborates with all members of the interprofessional health care team by actively communicating and reporting pertinent patient care information and date in a comprehensive manner.
Works well with others to make contributions to the work effort as a whole and participates in problem resolution. Communication to promote both work efforts and problem resolution is clear, and professional.
Contributes towards improvement of department scores for employee engagement, i.e. peer-to-peer accountability.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Performs anesthesia support activities in all monitoring and anesthesia locations including but not limited to operating rooms, catheterization laboratories, intensive care units, and other patient care areas where anesthesia is performed.
Performs complete operating/procedure room patient monitoring and anesthesia equipment set up.
Sets up, calibrates as necessary, and checks the performance of all monitoring and anesthesia equipment before connecting to the patient.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Cleans and disinfects equipment and work areas between patients, following infection control standards and department procedures.
Organizes the work flow, problem-solves and manages ongoing priorities, with minimal supervision, seeking guidance when needed.
Reports “near misses” and inputs error promptly into TAPS to improve processes and identify trends. Contributes to identification of corrective actions and improvement activities.
Contributes to meeting department and hospital targets for quality and safety.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Ensures that anesthetizing areas and anesthesia services work stations are put back together, organized properly, and ready for use as soon as possible after each case, including but not limited to, keeping monitor cables stored neatly, ensuring that anesthesia gases are turned off, unused supplies are restocked properly, and equipment are put back in designated places.
Utilizes resources with cost effectiveness and value creation in mind. Self-motivated to independently manage time effectively, minimizing incidental overtime, and prioritize daily tasks, assisting coworkers as needed.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Participates in committees and task forces as assigned and action items are appropriately performed. Follows up on action items as necessary to ensure completion of assignments.
Seeks opportunities to expand learning beyond baseline competencies with a focus on continual development as a Technician/Technologist. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

Uniform: No
Scrubs: Yes
Business professional: No
Other (department approved): No

ON-CALL*

*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

On Call* Yes

TRAVEL**

**Travel specifications may vary by department**

May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area No
May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No

Work Shift:

2 - Evening (United States of America)



Job Category:

Non-clinical

Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is a Magnet-recognized, not-for-profit, faith-based hospital that serves the growing Northwest Houston community. We are committed to providing quality, cost-effective health care in a compassionate environment for a full range of services, including emergency care, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, comprehensive women’s services, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, and primary and general medicine.


Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About the Company

Houston Methodist

Nonprofit academic medical center with hospitals

Houston Methodist is a nonprofit academic medical center and hospital system in the Houston area. It delivers fee-for-service care through eight hospitals, focusing on cancer, heart and vascular care, transplantation, neurosciences, orthopedics, and digestive disorders, and treats thousands of international patients. The system combines patient care with research, education, and philanthropy through the Houston Methodist Hospital Foundation, with its flagship at the Texas Medical Center and partnerships with Weill Cornell Medicine, Texas A&M, and Rice University that support programs like EnMed and a broad clinical trials network via the Houston Methodist Research Institute. Its goal is to improve patient outcomes by providing high-quality medical care while expanding research, education, and collaborative clinical programs.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Founded: 2008

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