Anesthesia Technician

• It's more than a career, it's a calling.
• WI-St. Agnes Hospital

• Worker Type:

• Regular

• Job Summary:

• 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.

• Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

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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/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

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.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location:

Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin + Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• Work Shift:

• Day Shift (United States of America)

• Job Type:

• Employee

• Department:

• 4400000038 ANESTHESIOLOGY

• Scheduled Weekly Hours:

• 36 •

Benefits:

• SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs. +
• Paid Parental Leave
• :•we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

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• Flexible Payment Options:

• our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday. +
• Upfront Tuition Coverage
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