Anesthesia Technician, UofL Hospital, OR, 2:30p-11p

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Anesthesia Technician assists anesthesia providers with acquiring, preparing, and applying equipment and supplies needed for the safe administration of anesthesia. The role supports safe, efficient, and cost-effective anesthesia care for routine and complex surgical and non-surgical cases. Before, during, and after procedures, the technician helps prepare and maintain patient-monitoring devices, anesthesia delivery systems, medicines, and supplies. At the direction of anesthesia staff, the technician may perform certain complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures; set up drips, arterial lines, and central lines; use sterile techniques to gown and glove and assist with line placement; position patients; assist with intubation and extubation; and help transport patients to recovery. The role also maintains room inventory, cleans and stocks rooms after surgeries, and checks that drugs and supplies are not outdated. The technician supports operating-room turnover and equipment readiness, responds to equipment alarms, assists with patient and blood-product pickup, and runs arterial blood gases and blood glucose tests under an anesthesia provider’s direction. The position also involves keeping work areas orderly, locating and returning monitoring devices, maintaining confidentiality and compliance with organizational policies, and collaborating with staff across the health system. The position is based at UofL Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The posting identifies a 2:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. schedule and labels the shift “First Shift (United States of America).”

Requirements

High school diploma or GED/equivalent.
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Knowledge of the emergency procedure for malignant hyperthermia.
Knowledge of anesthesia equipment and troubleshooting low and high pressure in anesthesia machines.
Understanding of sterile technique.
Organizational skills for stocking anesthesia carts and setting up lines.
Relationship-building and communication skills to collaborate across departments.
Initiative and ability to gather and analyze information and consider alternative resources or approaches.
Ability to break complex tasks into systematic, manageable parts and consider input from multiple sources.
Attention to detail and ability to check work for accuracy and quality.
Problem-solving skills, including timely identification and resolution of problems and development of alternatives when needed.
Flexibility and ability to adjust to changing organizational and patient-experience needs.
Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand tasks and safety guidelines, communicate with patients and coworkers, and follow organizational policies.
Ability to logically troubleshoot issues, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret a wide variety of instructions and deliver successful results; identify issues and opportunities and determine appropriate solutions.
Comfort working with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint if necessary; ability to learn electronic documentation and other relevant systems and databases.
Commitment to service, organizational values, professionalism, confidentiality, safety, teamwork, and customer service.

Nice To Haves

College experience or coursework in Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology.
Prior experience as an anesthesia technician or in a patient-care role.
Knowledge of pharmacology.
Certification by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists (ASAT).

Responsibilities

Directs ordering of anesthesia supplies and prepares anesthesia equipment and supplies for operating rooms.
Assists in maintaining equipment in proper working order, cleans and returns equipment to its proper place, and stocks surgical rooms.
Assists anesthesia providers and promptly responds to pages for anesthesia turnover between cases.
Responds to alarm systems and assists with equipment troubleshooting.
Assists with patient pickup and blood-product pickup, and runs ABGs and blood glucose tests under the direction of an anesthesia provider.
Keeps the anesthesia workroom neat and orderly.
Checks the PACU, ACU, ICU, and CCU for monitoring devices used for patient transfer and returns them to the surgery unit.
Applies aseptic technique when spiking IVs, A-lines, and other invasive lines; correctly labels, dates, and initials pre-set lines.
Cleans and utilizes anesthesia instruments and equipment efficiently.
Performs or assists with emergency procedures for malignant hyperthermia as necessary.
Assists with vendor trials, work orders, and equipment quotes.
Maintains compliance with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements.
Assists with anesthesia equipment and supplies before, during, and after cases, and may set up drips, A-lines, and central lines at the direction of anesthesia staff.
Uses sterile techniques to gown and glove, set up lines, and assist the anesthesia provider with line placement.
Helps position patients for surgery, assists the provider with intubation and extubation, and helps transport patients to recovery.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Maintains confidentiality, follows safety standards, works collaboratively, and provides effective customer service to physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff, and the broader healthcare community.