Anesthesia Tech Team Leader

Job Description

We're searching for an Anesthesia Technician Team Leader, someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you'll be responsible for the coordination of clinical and clerical functions of all anesthetizing locations at our main campus and provide training and functions as a technician in a responsive and proactive manner.

Think you've got what it takes?


Job Duties & Responsibilities

Assists anesthesiologist with preparation and placement of brain and nerve function monitors

Assists anesthesiologist during cases inside and outside the operating room

Prepares age-appropriate anesthesia equipment, monitors, and airway

Sets up, maintains and transports specialty devices used in the clinical area

Assist provider with transporting patients to and from anesthetizing location

Supervises the maintenance of anesthesia equipment

Acts as a department project leader, committee leader or specialty team leader

Participates in the development of information, programs, or projects for the division

May set up and troubleshoot the intra-aortic balloon pump per Departmental guidelines, if required

Ensures all staff are trained on all anesthesia equipment, troubleshooting and setup

Serves as a mentor/preceptor and completes preceptor training

Identifies performance improvement activities and facilitates projects to carry out improvement initiatives

Attends institutional and departmental health, safety, and infection control in-services by established deadlines

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Skills & Requirements

• H.S. diploma or GED required
• BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by American Heart Association required in addition to one of the following

CER-A-T - Cert-Cert Anesthesia TECH by American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians (ASATT)

Completion of an anesthesia technician training program approved by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians (ASATT)

Associate's degree in applied science in a healthcare field with 7 years of experience

• 5 years of experience as an anesthesia technician required

About Us

Texas Children's Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children's Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women's Place - Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.