Anesthesia Technician

It's more than a career, it's a calling OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital

• Oklahoma City Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights:
• Department: Surgery
• Schedule: FT, 10:30a - 7p (orientation is days 6:30a - 3p)
• Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts​
• Location: OKC At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate employees like you. Our mission and values put the patient first and helps you to feel valued while respecting teamwork and collaboration. Our Anesthesia Technician roles are an integral piece in our care team and we see it as a partnership. This position will focus on receiving specimens; computer work and phones. Daily Pay : Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health St Anthony, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

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

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 Health. Care Provider (BLS HCP)

• American Heart Association (AHA) Work Shift: Evening Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 4403000040 Surgery Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.