Anesthesia Tech l CVOR Job in Clackamas, Oregon Us
Job Summary:
- Participates with the health care team in delivering quality health care to patients in a manner which reflects Kaiser Permanente's mission, vision, values while supporting the Labor Management Partnership (LMP) principles practice.
- Participates in creating a high-performance culture based on a joint decision making process.
- Provides support and assistance to the patient and health care team to promote population-based care, continuity of care, customer satisfaction, self-care.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication skills.
- Assumes timely duties in assisting anesthesia providers by performing specific responsibilities as they relate to preparation maintenance of equipment supplies needed for the delivery of anesthesia care thus permitting more time for the anesthesia provider to be directly involved in patient care.
Essential Functions:
- Complies w/ Kaiser's time keep policy.
- Respond to OR/PACU/SPU Code 99 monitors maintains anesthesia machines related equipment, including calibration cleaning according to manufacturer's recommendation department/hospital policy.
- Assemble organize equipment as needed by the anesthesia staff provider.
-Maintain adequate workroom anesthesia machine supply inventory through ordering stocking from general stores, purchasing pharmacy.
- Keep the anesthesia workroom neat, clean, orderly.
- Decontaminate, clean, wrap, sterilize all supplies equipment according to pre-established routines.
- Performs routine preventive maintenance checks on all equipment, respirators, laryngoscopes, blood pressure cuffs. These duties are to be carried out between cases at the beginning end of the day.
- Handles disposes of contaminated equipment following established protocols.
- Checks soda lime canisters daily changes soda lime as necessary.
- Tags processes any equipment needing repairs.
- Researches, establishes, maintains inventory of special supplies purchased by the Anesthesia Department.
- Check replace O2 tanks, Nitrous tanks air tanks.
- Perform V I-STAT Glucometer calibrations as needed by site.
- Wipes down anesthesia equipment, BP cuff, leads, etc. at turnover of each case.
- Attends constructively participates in scheduled department in-service programs staff meetings.
- Participates in continuing education.
- Completes special projects assignments as directed by the Chief Anesthetist/OR manager /or their designated representative in order to meet
the operational needs of the department
Clinical Activities
- Assist with, set-up, and operate cell saver devices
- Assist anesthesia personnel in set-up and placement of invasive intravascular lines and other specialized cardiac anesthesia monitoring devices
- Skilled in the use of sterile technique and sterile field set-up
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Currently functioning independently for a minimum of 6 months in CVOR
- Minimum 2 years previous experience in a health care or OR setting certification automatically promoted to tech ll
- High School Graduate
- BLS required at time of hire or within 2 weeks of hire
- Anesthesia Technician class completion
- Able to cover call and /or work weekend shifts
- Fair share call
Preferred Qualification:
- 2-3 years anesthesia tech experience
- Certificate of completion from accredited anesthesia course
- ACLS Accreditation
- Certification within 6 months of hire
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Basic hygiene concepts
- Good body mechanics and safe lifting techniques
- Independent worker able to prioritize activates and work quickly, self motivated
- Knowledge and understanding of sterile technique
- Good listening skills
Salary Range $16.34-$19.63