Anesthesia Technician

Overview

St. Luke's Health-Memorial paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin Livingston and San Augustine St. Luke's Health-Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year.

Responsibilities

Job Summary / Purpose

This position contributes to the mission and vision of CHI Health by performing a variety of direct and non-direct patient care duties during procedures within the scope of service. Incumbent will perform various types of patient-care, safety, and technical duties to support anesthesia and nursing teams in surgical and procedural areas.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

Will assist providers and medical/surgical support staff in activities such as patient assessment, treatment, anesthesia intervention, physiological monitoring, and direct patient care.

Will be timely and precise in preparation, set up, calibration, and troubleshooting of invasive monitoring lines will assist with difficult airway and/or emergency situations.

To assist and ensure sterile placement of invasive physiological monitoring and treatment catheter (i.e. arterial, pulmonary catheters, venous infusion ports, central venous pressures).

Responsible for responding to patient-specific needs including (not limited to): blood, medications, supply and equipment during the surgical procedure. Accordingly, will follow all guidelines as instructed by the licensed provider.

Performs patient identification procedures to ensure proper delivery of blood products and medications.

To operates surgical equipment under the direction of a licensed provider while ensuring operating/procedure rooms and pre/post rooms are adequately stocked with appropriate quantity of supplies and required.

Works closely with Supply logistics to maintain anesthesia product supply for the operating room and procedural areas throughout the facility.

To assist in the transfer and monitoring of patients to/from Critical Care Units, and within perioperative services.

Will ensure operating/procedure rooms and pre/post rooms are cleaned and prepared for the next patient to ensure safe and efficient operation.

Responsible for cleaning equipment and will implement infection control policies to support the anesthesia practices in surgical and procedural areas.

Ability to identify, eliminate, or reduce safety hazards; is knowledgeable of processes for reporting hazards/errors.

Is an active member of the Anesthesia OR Emergency Response/Code Team; will assure all emergency safety equipment is available and in working order.

Willingness to initiate trials and in-service sessions of new Anesthesia products/equipment to improve quality of care.

Must have an ability to multi-task and have strong communication skills.

Other duties as assigned by the department or hospital leadership.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

High school diploma.

Required Licensure and Certifications

BLS-CPR

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

Clinical expertise and in-depth knowledge of hemodynamic monitoring. EMT experience, Paramedic experience or military Medic; CNA or PCT training program, or completion of 'fundamentals' as a nursing student &/or 12 months of acute care (bedside) experience. Basic computer skills, adaptation to unpredictable situations, ability to make independent decisions, highly motivated, accountability, interest in patient care, and compassion for people.