Nemours is seeking a part-time Anesthesia Technician for our Malvern Surgery
Center!! The Anesthesia Technician is expected to support daily operations and
serve as a resource for anesthesia providers that includes participation in
operating room turnovers, stocking supplies in the operating rooms, assisting
with regional anesthesia blocks, assisting with difficult airways, assisting
with specimen/laboratory transport, managing special
purchasing/shipping/receiving of supplies, responding to recalls, managing
medical gas tank par levels (Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Medical Air, and Nitrous
Oxide), maintaining difficult airway supplies/expirations, maintaining Malignant
Hyperthermia Cart supplies/expirations, daily equipment checks, serving as an
interdepartmental resource, contributing to quality improvement initiatives, and
contributing to cost reduction initiatives.
The Anesthesia Technician is accountable for collaborating/consulting with
anesthesia providers/technicians to include Nemours Children’s Hospital,
Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Surgery Center, Deptford in adherence
to state and federal regulations and organizational anesthesia
policies/procedures, reliable methods, and standard practices.
The Anesthesia Technician is expected to maintain all state and federal
clearances for PA, DE, and NJ for collaboration with and periodic rotation to
the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and the Nemours Children’s Hospital,
Surgery Center, Deptford to optimize available resources in achieving optimal
patient outcomes. Travel is compensated based on organizational policy.
Position is Part-time, 20 hours per week. Thursday and Friday 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM.
No Weekends, No Holiday, No Call
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible to support daily operations in compliance with the
standards established by regulatory agencies and the organization.
2. Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe work environment for
patients, families, and associates to include, although not limited to, the
surgical suite, anesthesia work room, pre-/post- surgical care area, utility
rooms, and hallways.
3. Responsible for daily preparation, calibration, confirmation of
function, and cleaning of anesthesia and surgical equipment after use and in
preparation for future use to include, although not limited to, ventilation
systems, infusion pumps, IV fluids, pulse oximeters, ECG monitors, oxygen
analyzers, airway gas monitors, ultrasound machines, warming devices, surgical
tables, stretchers, endoscopy video equipment, cast saw, etc.
4. Participates in monitoring, ordering, maintaining, and managing
medical gases to include replacing oxygen cylinders on patient stretchers,
walk-about oxygen tanks in the operating rooms, carbon dioxide tanks on the
video towers, and oxygen and nitrous oxide tanks on the anesthesia machines.
5. Participates in routine audits of disposable supplies for
integrity, par levels, and expiration.
6. Participates in monitoring routine audits of equipment
preventative maintenance in cooperation with Biomedical Engineering that
includes documentation and other corresponding records are managed/maintained
appropriately.
7. Demonstrates knowledge of inventory control and par level
maintenance through demand flow to include scanning and special ordering of
supplies in cooperation with the Lead Anesthesia Technician, Materials
Management Lead Supply Technician, Perioperative Services Supply & Logistics
Manager, Patient Flow Supervisor, and surgical team members.
8. Coordinates with surgeons, Patient Flow Supervisor, Service
Coordinators, Lead Surgical Technologists, Lead SPD Technician, and vendors to
prepare for surgical cases utilizing procedure cards and receiving/returning
loaner instrumentation.
9. Participates in coordination of ordering, receiving, storing, and
returning human tissue grafts with surgeons, Patient Flow Supervisor, Implant
Coordinator, and approved vendors per regulatory and organizational policies and
procedures.
10. Participates in coordinating transportation of specimens to the
appropriate locations.
11. Required to participate in departmental and hospital quality
programs and continuous improvement events to maintain and improve departmental
and individual productivity and performance.
Qualifications:
* High School Diploma
* American Heart Association (AHA) BLS required
* Prior experience as an Anesthesia Technician required
* American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians (ASATT)
preferred
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health
system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver
care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours
Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along
with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and
more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit
system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care,
research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach
focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help
every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to
culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an
environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and
valued.
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