Anesthesia Technical Asst

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision of the Anesthesiologist and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), sets up, troubleshoots, and provides general maintenance on all anesthesia equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• On a daily basis and in accordance with department standards, maintains and services all electronic and mechanical equipment used by Anesthesia Department personnel.
• Sets-up transducers, calibrate sand zeros monitors.
• Assembles pediatric and adult ventilator circuits.
• Prepares procedural equipment such as the CVP, arterial line, Swan-Ganz, and routine intravenous lines.
• Operates, calibrates, and performs routine maintenance on a variety of technical equipment used in the operating room, such as the Drager and/or Narkomed anesthesia machines, HP Monitors, pulse oximeter and rapid infusion/transfusion systems.
• Identifies malfunctioning equipment, troubleshoots equipment problems, and refers more serious equipment problems to appropriate technical repair personnel when there are no established guidelines.
• Assists in the establishment and maintenance of a regular schedule of preventive maintenance and calibration of monitors utilized in the administration of anesthesia, including the BP physiological monitors, Datascope, Propac monitor, and Nellcor pulse oximeters.
• Assists in positioning and supporting patients for regional anesthesia procedures such as spinal and epidurals.
• Supports the Anesthesia Provider during insertion of arterial catheter lines and internal jugular catheters.
• Applies monitoring devices to the patient and operates all common physiological monitors (Datex, pulse oximeter, C02 monitor, BP monitors cuffs).
• Removes and disposes of all relevant supplies and equipment following use, exchanging soiled for clean parts between cases and restocking room carts with supplies and drugs.
• Assists in monitoring and ordering supplies for the department.
• Maintains an inventory in the main anesthesia workroom.
• Orders from the pharmacy and stocks all non scheduled drugs.
• May order and stock non-scheduled drugs.
• Cleans and decontaminates equipment per Sterile Processing Department protocols.
• This includes the disassembly of equipment and sterilization in accordance to the Center for Disease Control guidelines, to prevent the spread of infectious and contagious diseases.
• Performs related duties as assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities
• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Grade 520