Anesthesia Technician
3 weeks ago
Overview:
St. Lukes Health-Memorial paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin Livingston and San Augustine St. Lukes Health-Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year.
Responsibilities:Job Summary / Purpose
This position contributes to the mission and vision of CHI Health by performing a variety of direct and non-direct patient care duties during procedures within the scope of service. Incumbent will perform various types of patient-care, safety, and technical duties to support anesthesia and nursing teams in surgical and procedural areas.
Essential Key Job Responsibilities- Will assist providers and medical/surgical support staff in activities such as patient assessment, treatment, anesthesia intervention, physiological monitoring, and direct patient care.
- Will be timely and precise in preparation, set up, calibration, and troubleshooting of invasive monitoring lines will assist with difficult airway and/or emergency situations.
- To assist and ensure sterile placement of invasive physiological monitoring and treatment catheter (i.e. arterial, pulmonary catheters, venous infusion ports, central venous pressures).
- Responsible for responding to patient-specific needs including (not limited to): blood, medications, supply and equipment during the surgical procedure. Accordingly, will follow all guidelines as instructed by the licensed provider.
- Performs patient identification procedures to ensure proper delivery of blood products and medications.
- To operates surgical equipment under the direction of a licensed provider while ensuring operating/procedure rooms and pre/post rooms are adequately stocked with appropriate quantity of supplies and required.
- Works closely with Supply logistics to maintain anesthesia product supply for the operating room and procedural areas throughout the facility.
- To assist in the transfer and monitoring of patients to/from Critical Care Units, and within perioperative services.
- Will ensure operating/procedure rooms and pre/post rooms are cleaned and prepared for the next patient to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Responsible for cleaning equipment and will implement infection control policies to support the anesthesia practices in surgical and procedural areas.
- Ability to identify, eliminate, or reduce safety hazards; is knowledgeable of processes for reporting hazards/errors.
- Is an active member of the Anesthesia OR Emergency Response/Code Team; will assure all emergency safety equipment is available and in working order.
- Willingness to initiate trials and in-service sessions of new Anesthesia products/equipment to improve quality of care.
- Must have an ability to multi-task and have strong communication skills.
- Other duties as assigned by the department or hospital leadership.
Qualifications:
Required Education and Experience
High school diploma.
Required Licensure and Certifications
BLS-CPR
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training
Clinical expertise and in-depth knowledge of hemodynamic monitoring. EMT experience, Paramedic experience or military Medic; CNA or PCT training program, or completion of "fundamentals" as a nursing student &/or 12 months of acute care (bedside) experience. Basic computer skills, adaptation to unpredictable situations, ability to make independent decisions, highly motivated, accountability, interest in patient care, and compassion for people.
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