Anesthesia Technician- Part Time

Company: SSM Health
Location: Jefferson City
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Performs a number of duties in assisting the professional staff in setting-up, calibrating, disinfection and operating anesthesia equipment. Orders, obtains, stocks and distributes anesthesia supplies to carts.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Checks, cleans and maintains anesthesia machine monitors including changing oxygen cylinders, refilling anesthesia gases, - changing CO2 absorbent and ensuring equipment is in good working order.
• Assists in set-ups of anesthesia equipment as needed.
• Orders, obtains and stocks sterile solution surgical supplies to specified storage cabinets, including automated dispensing systems/cabinets.
• Orders and maintains inventories of supplies in anesthesia and related areas. - Ensures anesthesia carts are appropriately stocked.
• Ensures malfunctioning equipment is serviced and proper infection control and regulatory guidelines are followed.
• Assists in operating room turn-over by disinfecting anesthesia work surfaces, monitor cables and connecting a clean anesthesia circuit to the anesthesia machine.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION
  • High school diploma or equivalent EXPERIENCE
    • One year experience PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
      • Constant standing and walking.
      • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
      • Frequent reaching and gripping.
      • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
      • Occasional bending, stooping, climbing, kneeling, squatting, twisting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
      • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
      • Occasional use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
      • Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
      • Rare crawling, sitting and keyboard use/data entry.

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