Anesthesia Tech - CPRH

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

About The Position

The Anesthesia Tech assists anesthesiologists, anesthetists, CRNAs, and MDAs with day-to-day needs, equipment setup, supply ordering and restocking, and cleaning anesthesia equipment. The role provides anesthesia support for the Main Operating Room, OB, and ancillary departments as needed. It assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates anesthesia support needs throughout the operating-room schedule, providing support appropriate to the surgical procedure and patient age.

Responsibilities

Perform or assist with turning over anesthesia machines; clean them and ensure equipment meets established standards.
Prepare anesthesia supplies for upcoming surgical procedures and stock anesthesia machines in the Main Operating Room and remote areas.
Maintain equipment used during surgical and other procedures requiring anesthesia; arrange repair of complex equipment problems with vendors or an internal biomedical engineer.
Exchange anesthesia machines between operating suites and transport and prepare machines in remote areas.
Assist anesthesiologists and anesthetists during procedures by promptly running errands, answering questions, and obtaining needed supplies or equipment.
Monitor and replace sodalime in gas machines according to established procedures.
Clean and sterilize laryngoscope blades and other airway devices.
Check and change oxygen and other tanks according to established procedures.
Set up invasive line transducers and IVs, and bring them and other equipment and supplies to operating rooms before and during cases.
Assist with patient lifting and positioning.
Assist operating-room staff with room turnover, including room cleaning, patient transport, room setup, supply stocking, and ordering.
Maintain and manage an organized, clean inventory of anesthesia supplies in the anesthesia workroom.
Assist material resource staff with supply ordering and capturing revenue for supplies used.
Use good judgment and objective decision-making; demonstrate teamwork, productive use of time, excellent communication, and customer service.