Description
Anesthesia Technician, FT Days - Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
2012962
Your Role: Prepare the Operating Rooms with equipment and supplies to support the daily workload with occasional guidance; assist anesthetists and anesthesiologists, patients and co-workers; track and maintain equipment, specialty carts, trays and inventory and participates in the advancement training program.
- Conducts FDA anesthesia machine check.
- Prepares general, MAC, or regional cases.
- Consults operating room schedule to determine equipment needs for procedures and prepares operating room for indicated procedure to include setting up and calibrating monitoring equipment.
- Assists licensed anesthesia care provider in clinical settings outside the operating rooms, included but not limited to: interventional and or/diagnostic radiology, Cath Lab, endoscopy, ambulatory surgery suites, and any other areas as needed.
- Functions as a first line of defense in troubleshooting situations involving machines, monitors, and equipment relative to Anesthesia.
- Assists Anesthesia Provider during Invasive line placement - arterial, central, PA (knowledge of how to calibrate and troubleshoot).
- Maintains inventory of emergency carts - trauma and airway.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
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