Anesthesia Technician

As an Anesthesia Tech at Kaiser Permanente, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with the healthcare team to ensure the smooth operation of anesthesia equipment and supplies, allowing anesthesia providers to focus on patient care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and maintain anesthesia machines and related equipment, ensuring they are calibrated and cleaned according to manufacturer's recommendations and departmental policies.
• Assemble and organize equipment as needed by anesthesia staff providers.
• Apply monitoring devices to patients and operate common physiological monitors.
• Maintain adequate workroom and anesthesia machine supply inventory through ordering and stocking from general stores, purchasing, and pharmacy.
• Keep the anesthesia workroom neat, clean, and orderly.
• Decontaminate and clean supplies and equipment according to pre-established routines.
• Perform routine preventive maintenance checks on all equipment, respirators, laryngoscopes, and blood pressure cuffs.
• Handle and dispose of contaminated equipment following established protocols.
• Check soda lime canisters daily and change soda lime as necessary.
• Tags and processes any equipment needing repairs.
• Researches, establishes, and maintains inventory of special supplies purchased by the Anesthesia Department.
• Perform and record Nitrous testing on all anesthesia machines.
• Check and replace O2 tanks, Nitrous tanks, and air tanks.
• Perform V I-STAT or similar equipment and Glucometer calibrations as needed by site.
• Perform tasks as requested by anesthesia on I-Stat, Glucometer.
• Assists with regional blocks and lines as requested.
• Wipes down anesthesia equipment, BP cuff, leads, etc. at turnover of each case.

Support and Educational Activities:

• Attends and constructively participates in scheduled department in-service programs and staff meetings.
• Demonstrates awareness of new information posted in the department communication notebook.
• Participates in continuing education.
• Promotes age-specific and culturally sensitive care across the surgical continuum providing customer satisfaction.
• Supports and participates in the orientation experience of new employees and students.

Special Assignments and Projects:

• Complete special projects and assignments as directed by the Chief Anesthetist and/or their designated representative in order to meet the operational needs of the department.
• Assist anesthesia personnel in set-up of arterial or central lines.
• Assist in set-up and operate cell saver devices.
• Performs daily QI on all machines related to anesthesia and result reporting.