Anesthesia Technician

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the care and maintenance of anesthesia supplies and equipment. Assists with invasive line preparation, placement, and monitoring. Maintains supply inventory for workroom and anesthesia carts. The Anesthesia Technician works within Banner Desert Medical Center/Banner Children's Medical Center at Desert, which has 24 Operating Rooms, including trauma, pediatric, cysto, minimally invasive, and robotic rooms. The facility offers a full range of surgical specialties and is recognized as a High Performing Hospital in Procedure/Condition Category by US News. It is a fast-paced environment performing high acuity cases, with over 21,000 surgeries performed in 2017. Technologies include da Vinci Xi robot, NICO, and Stealth guided brain surgery. Banner Desert Medical Center is one of Arizona's largest and most comprehensive hospitals, with over 700 licensed beds, including dedicated beds for children and NICU. Areas of excellence include high-risk pregnancy, neonatal care, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, oncology, and emergency medicine. Banner Children's Hospital at Desert is a state-of-the-art facility with over 200 beds, featuring a 76-bed NICU, 24-bed PICU, six pediatric ORs, and a 22-bed ED, offering high-quality, child-friendly, family-centered care.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
Current BLS certification is required.
Must have 1 to 2 years of related healthcare experience and current BLS certification.
Employees hired after 1/1/2024 must complete the anesthesia technician academy within 6 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintains anesthesia equipment. Cleans, calibrates, and replaces soda lime. Monitors equipment for malfunctions, performs light maintenance or arranges for repairs. Performs safety checks on anesthesia equipment. Maintains clean and safe work environment; discards soiled linen and trash. May complete room setup, assemble equipment, and prepare procedure carts.
Maintains adequate inventory of anesthesia supplies and surgical supplies. Stocks and marks anesthesia carts. Stocks operating rooms and storage rooms/ carts. Assists with case turnover.
Assists with preparing equipment such as ventilators, suction, airway equipment, and fluid/body warmers. Assembles transducers, invasive lines, rapid fluid infusers, and specialty trays.
Assists anesthesia personnel with setup and insertion of invasive monitoring lines, catheters, temporary pacemakers and hemodynamic monitoring including cardiac outputs.
Assists with transporting and positioning patients. May transport specimens. May transport pre-operative and immediate post-operative patients to critical care unit to ensure equipment safety.
Maintains adequate levels of anesthesia medications, restocks drug drawers, monitors drug charges, and communicates variances to medical and nursing personnel. Monitors drug expirations and opened vial for outdates. Handles anesthesia agents and cylinder gases.
May provide business support to the department including performing administrative tasks.
Anticipates the needs of patients and anesthesia staff based on scheduled procedures, patient age and condition and is often required to listen and communicate detailed issues. Responsibilities are typically within the department but may require assisting in other areas which administer anesthesia. Internal customers are patients, anesthesiologists, nursing staff, biomedical equipment staff, and materials management staff. External customers may include practicing physicians, equipment and supply vendors.