Location
Hanover, PA | United States
Job description
Join our team of Life Changers!
UPMC is hiring a Casual, Anesthesia Technician to support the hospital in Hanover.
This position will also involve working as OR Technician.
A pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks. Apply today!
Orientation/training for this position will be Mon.- Fri. from 7:00am-3:30pm.
After training period, this position requires working 2 weekends per month with
option to pick up additional hours during week or other weekends!
*On-call obligation for this position is that you must be within 40 minutes of hospital.
Performs a variety of duties related to and involving the processing and preparing of room, equipment and supplies for the patients undergoing anesthetic procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains anesthesia supplies and drugs by establishing inventory levels; requisitioning supplies and drugs; restocking supply and drug inventories.
- Efficiently transports gas machines and other anesthesia equipment and supplies to and from outside of Operating Room off-site locations.
- Assist with offsite anesthesia cases.
- Retrieves, carries, and appropriately distributes necessary medications to the Anesthesiologist, CRNA, or PA for the preparation or care of a patient for anesthesia.
- Effectively communicate with anesthesia and operating room staff to assure daily operating room assignments are prioritized at the start of each shift. Remains accessible in operating rooms at all times.
- Disassemble, decontaminate and sterilize anesthesia equipment and supplies. Report equipment problems to Chief Anesthesia Technician.
- Retrieve and appropriately distributes the equipment necessary to prepare a patient for anesthesia. This includes specialty equipment for invasive lines and monitoring, difficult airway, and pediatric procedures.
- Appropriately stocks the carts and surgical suites with the required supplies as outlined on the anesthesia surgical suite stock par list.
- Operate Blood Cell Saver.
- Participate in turning over rooms assuring minimal downtime between cases.
- Maintains equipment by preparing, testing, and setting up a variety of anesthetic equipment for surgical use; troubleshooting equipment for problems or repairs; performing preventative maintenance and routine cleaning.
- Supports the anesthesia provider by setting up IV’s, central venous lines and arterial lines; assembling necessary drugs, syringes, needles; opening prepackaged sterile trays.
- Assist with the pre, intra and post-operative placement of invasive monitoring lines, such as arterial, venous, and PA catheters.
- Assists in the delivery of blood samples to the lab and retrieval of blood products.
- Does Point of Care (POC) diagnostic laboratory assays/testing procedures, after an initial approved competency has been completed.
- Maintains an adequate supply of all stock items in work room and keeps the work room clean and in an orderly condition.
- Assists with lines and specialty room set-ups.
- Assist with difficult airway management.
- Maintain complete and accurate records and reports.
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Salary
$18.68 - $28.03 per hour
