Anesthesia Technician

6 days ago


Boulder, Colorado, United States Ethos Veterinary Health Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Veterinary Anesthesia Technician to join our team at Ethos Veterinary Health. As a key member of our anesthesia department, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and effective delivery of anesthesia services to our patients.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform pre-anesthesia examinations to determine safety and risk for surgical cases.
  • Implement prescribed anesthesia plans for cases, from pre-anesthesia through recovery, including monitoring throughout.
  • Perform patient pain assessments and develop proposed analgesic plans for cases using multimodal pain management techniques.
  • Understand and use CASE anesthesia forms in Smartflow and EZVet.
  • Set up and troubleshoot anesthesia machines and monitoring equipment.
  • Competency in understanding anesthesia machine maintenance programs.
  • Proficiency in implementing prescribed analgesic plans for anesthesia cases using local, systemic, and regional pain management techniques.
  • Demonstrate the ability to set up, maintain equipment, and identify normal and abnormal ECG readings.
  • Understand the dynamics of anesthesia-related hypotension and possess the ability to troubleshoot anesthesia complications.
  • Familiarity with commonly used vasopressor therapy and when to implement during anesthesia procedures.
  • Ability to set up and maintain a vasopressor CRIT: No repinephrine, Dopamine, Dobutamine, Vasopressin, Epinephrine.
  • Proficiency in accurately evaluating a patient's ventilation, oxygenation, and acid/base status utilizing pulse oximetry, capnography, and arterial blood gas results.
  • On-call expectations: Maintain rotation with the anesthesia on-call program.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
    • Knowledge of basic veterinary practices, procedures, and terminology.
    • Ability to communicate well with other CASE staff members.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
    • Ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
    • Ability to multitask and produce quality work while making effective decisions.

Benefits:

As a full-time team member at Ethos Veterinary Health, you will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA on select medical plans, life and AD&D plans, voluntary child life insurance, critical illness, accident plan, hospital indemnity, income protection – STD and LTD, voluntary legal plan, discounts on pet insurance, discounts on identity theft protection, discount on national gym membership, student debt refinancing available, and discounted veterinary technician education programs.

Compensation:

Compensation is based on experience and will range between $25 and $32 per hour.



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