What are the responsibilities and job description for the Anesthesia Tech position at Lexington Medical Center?
Anesthesia
Full Time
Day Shift
7am-3:30pm
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
The Anesthesia Technician assists nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists in the main OR, OB, and other locations throughout the hospital where anesthesia services are provided. They are responsible for performing these duties under the supervision of the nurse anesthetist and anesthesiologist.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: None
Substitutable Education & Experience: None
Required Certifications/Licensure: CPR Certification (or completion of course within one year)
Required Training: Basic computer skills
Essential Functions
- Checks all OR rooms daily prior to OR starts for cleanliness and availability of essential equipment.
- Cleans and checks anesthesia carts and machines daily, according to approved aseptic technique and equipment specifications.
- Cleans and disinfects carts and anesthesia machines surfaces with approved disinfectants – should include dusting and cleaning drawer interiors and under monitors on top of the machines.
- Cleans and examines equipment cables.
- Check Labor and Delivery rooms daily.
- Transports dirty equipment to appropriate department for cleaning.
- Responsible for maintaining the Anesthesia Work Room.
- Maintains the workroom and supply area in a clean and organized manner.
- Proactively in keeping equipment and supplies in the proper location.
- Maintains an adequate level of necessary supplies; notifies Director or Manager when items are low.
- Checks expiration dates monthly on blood tubes and equipment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Ensures special equipment is clean and readily available for the department.
- Cleans and maintains difficult airway carts in OR, including glidescopes and fiber optics.
- Demonstrates proficiency for assembly and cleaning of fiberoptic laryngoscope.
- Troubleshoots equipment daily and notifies Bio-Medical personnel of equipment problems immediately, i.e., bronchoscopes, transport monitor, pulse oximeters.
- Cleans, disinfects and maintains laryngoscopes between cases.
- Notifies director or manager when equipment is out of service.
- Is readily accessible to CRNAs and Anesthesiologists for emergency calls. Notifies scheduler when leaving the OR to service other areas.
- Coordinates vacation and scheduled absences with the Manager and Director (Scheduled time off will need to be coordinated with the Periop Assistants by management). Notify Manager or Director of unscheduled absences.
- Responsible for documenting departmental activities as assigned; Writing should be legible.
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate in a team environment assuring accurate information as required.
- Performs duties of a Perioperative Assistant as needed. (See Perioperative Assistant Job Description).
- Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Benefits:
Health Insurance, Retirement Plan, 401K Plan