Anesthesia Technician

Anesthesia Technician - 16866If you care about the opportunity to grow, to make a difference, to build a future and a life, then we just might have the career for you. Care to talk?Bayhealth Medical Center is Central and Southern Delaware's healthcare leader with hospitals in Dover and Milford, as well as stand-alone Emergency Department in Smyrna and a hybrid Emergency Department and Urgent Care in Milton. We offer various practice settings throughout Kent and Sussex Counties. Bayhealth Medical Center Kent Campus is 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our Sussex Campus is 30 minutes to the Delaware beaches and relaxation in the sand!Bayhealth Medical Center offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (for eligible positions) including:Generous Paid Time Off and Paid HolidaysMatching 401(k)/403(b) PlansExcellent Health, Dental, and VisionDisability and Life Insurance optionsOn Site Child CareEducational ReimbursementHealth Care and Dependent Care Flex Spending AccountsPlus, an array of Voluntary Benefits to include Critical Care Coverage and more!Location: Sussex Campus HospitalStatus: Full Time 80 HoursShift: DaysSALARY RANGE: 19.66 - 29.49 HOURLYGeneral Summary:Supports the anesthesia department by preparing and setting up appropriate equipment and supplies for each surgical case in the Operating rooms and satellite care areas. Performs related anesthesia support functions to ensure the delivery of quality, efficient, and safe patient care. Actively participates in supporting established departmental policies, procedures, quality improvement, and environmental and infection control standards.Responsibilities:1. Stocking: Anesthesia workstations and Pyxis carts are checked and restocked daily and adjusted per caseload, including non-stock anesthesia supplies. Anesthesia technicians will order for the anesthesia department in specific care areas and patient populations. Ensures daily availability of stock and non-stock anesthesia, including specialty supplies, in preoperative care areas and satellite care areas. Ensure that off-site locations are adequately stocked. Responds to urgent Anesthesia Care Provider requests in a timely manner to ensure patient safety. Monitors expiration dates of all anesthesia supplies and resuscitation carts for the Anesthesia department in the workroom and anesthesia workstations monthly to ensure outdated items are removed from service and reordered as appropriate.2. Communicates issues involving the availability and functioning of the Pharmacy inventory to the appropriate Anesthesia Provider(s) or designee for resolution. Coordinate with the inpatient or operating room pharmacy technician, at the request of CRNAs and Anesthesia Doctors, during emergencies for pharmaceutical medications. Retrieve medications sent from the pharmacy from the tube station in the PACU/day surgery and deliver them to the designated CRNA in the assigned operating room. Remove full sharps containers with pharmaceutical waste from operating rooms and place them in the dirty room. Replace them with a new one from the OR's clean room. Ensures appropriate medication handling policy is followed in accordance with departmental policy.3. Develops appropriate PAR levels in accordance with the specific patient population in all Anesthesia care areas. Collaborate with Central Sterile Processing, Distribution, Receiving, Pharmacy, and Department Buyer to coordinate to ensure required equipment and specialty supplies are available for the anesthesia department.4. Works closely with our value analysis team for non-capital equipment purchases, helping to expedite equipment urgently required for the next day of operation.5. Assembles and sets up equipment used by the Anesthesia providers, including, but not limited to, anesthesia machines, automated dispensing carts, fluid warmers, infusion pumps, transport monitors, arterial lines, glide scopes, nerve blocks, Sono-site devices, and Edwards's life sciences monitor. Cleans and maintains anesthesia equipment and materials in accordance with BHMC Infection Control Guidelines for Anesthesia. Assist with immediate evaluation and troubleshooting of malfunctioning anesthesia equipment. Provides first-line technical support and repair of malfunctioning equipment. Escalates Anesthesia equipment repair needs in order of priority to the Bio-medical department and plant operations. Ensures anesthesia medical equipment is used with Preventive Maintenance dates and that new equipment is checked in advance of the anticipated use. Notifies Clinical Engineering in advance, as appropriate, to avoid delays. Maintain the anesthesia workroom in accordance with perioperative infection control guidelines. Ensure that anesthesia specialty equipment and required equipment are cleaned, high-level disinfected, or sterilized per IFU protocol. The anesthesia technician will maintain documented competency in the comprehensive process for high-level disinfectants and secure storage of the Tee CV Probe in the designated probe storage cabinet. Assists the anesthesia provider in preparing special anesthesia equipment and, if necessary, in intraoperative procedures.6. Participates in the training orientation of new staff members to the operating room setting.7. Anesthesia technicians will support supply and bundled billing charges in accordance with standard case billing charges, including specialty charge items.8. All other duties as assigned within the scope and range of job responsibilities.Required Education, Credential(s) and Experience:Education: High School Diploma or GED ;Credential(s): Basic Life Support ;Experience: Required: Prior Anesthesia Technician, Nursing Assistant, Pharmacy Technician Familiarity with/exposure to sterilization, operating room, anesthesia and/or pharmacy procedures. Preferred: Previous experience as an Anesthesia Technician, or similar position in health care.Preferred Education, Credential(s) and Experience:Education: Certificate Program Anesthesia TechCredential(s): Member of American Association of Anesthesia TechniciansExperience: