Anesthesia Technician - Grand Forks, United States - Altru Health

Description

Location:
Altru Hospital

1200 S.Columbia Rd.

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $ $24.38

Summary:
The Anesthesia Technician assists the anesthesia care team by acquiring and preparing the use of supplies during anesthesia care. This position assists with special procedures and offers support for routine and complex surgical cases. The Anesthesia Technician functions under the supervision of a licensed anesthesia provider designated by Altru Health System. The Anesthesia Technician in this position will be scheduled to work 36 hours weekly. The team is staffed from 6am-5pm and shifts vary, 8-12 hours daily between those hours, Monday-Friday, with occasional Saturdays.

Essential Job Functions:

• Collaborates with RN circulators, Surgical Technicians, Service Technicians, and BioMed department.
• Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, orders/stocks and maintains routine anesthesia equipment and supplies. Prepares and maintains anesthesia monitoring devices and delivery systems.
• Participates in anesthesia meetings and in-services as needed.
• Provides anesthesia technician services to patients under the direct supervision of a licensed anesthesia provider in accordance to ASATT Scope of Practice.
• Maintains anesthesia medications, supplies, and equipment according to needs and schedules.
• Assists with the transport of patients and laboratory specimens as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Certification:

• Anesthesia Technologist | American Society of Anesthesia Technologists & Technicians | Preferred | HR Primary Sources

Additional specialty certification/training as required by the work area:

• Surgery ASC: BLS within 90 Days of start date.

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Rarely (1-4%)

• Stand: Continuously %)

• Walk: Continuously %)

• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)

• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

• Crawl: Rarely (1-4%)

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Twist: Frequently (34-66%)

• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously %)

• See: Continuously %)

• Hear: Continuously %)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Medium pounds)

• Carry: Medium pounds)

• Push/Pull: Medium pounds)

• Slide/Transfer: Medium pounds)

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously %)

• Outdoor: Not Applicable

• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:
Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R3267