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The Anesthesia Tech plays a crucial role in supporting anesthesia providers and ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of anesthesia care during surgical procedures. As the Anesthesia Tech, you will be responsible for assisting with the preparation and maintenance of anesthesia equipment and supplies, as well as providing direct support to anesthesia providers before, during, and after surgeries.

What you'll be doing in this role:

• Maintains adequate levels of supplies, orders supply as needed; communicates supply issues to anesthesia staff.
• Reviews the OR schedule for equipment needs.
• Sets up OR for the anesthesiologist. Calibrates monitoring devices.
• Assists the anesthesiologist with preparation of anesthesia equipment for every procedure. Helps with turnover of the OR.
• Assists the anesthesiologist with the insertion of IV’s and arterial lines. Maintains sterility at all times. Attaches arterial lines to transducers and calibrates monitors.
• Properly labels and takes arterial blood gases and other blood specimens to the Clinical Laboratory. Records results in the patient’s medical record.
• May set up other equipment such as blood warmers, hypothermia blanket, etc.
• Responsible for the cleaning, routine maintenance, and repair of anesthesia equipment.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
• Checks all equipment prior to the beginning of the first surgery of the day. Reports malfunctioning or missing equipment to the chain of command.
• Responsible for surgical data entry in the OR Surgical Data Management System.
• Responsible for assisting with the cleaning and processing of surgical instrumentation on an as-needed basis during levels of high surgical productivity.
• Performs tray assemblage, proper packaging, and preparation of all applicable supplies for sterilization. Monitors sterility dates on supplies.