Anesthesia Associate

Join Our Team as a Full-Time Flex Anesthesia Technician at UPMC Children’s Hospital!

Are you passionate about providing exceptional care and looking to advance your career in a supportive and dynamic environment? We are seeking a dedicated Anesthesia Technician to join our team at UPMC Children’s Hospital. While we prefer candidates with 2 years of experience or 2-year schooling, we welcome all applicants who are eager to grow and contribute to our mission.

Position Details:

• Schedule: Full-time Flex, 28-40 hours per week between 7 AM and 7 PM, with potential night, weekend, and North Campus shifts.
  
• Perks: Enjoy a sign-on bonus of up to $15k based on your level of experience*, opportunities for career advancement through our career ladder, a healthy work-life balance, and a great team environment.

Sign-On Bonus eligibility varies.

If you’re ready to make a difference and be part of a great team, we encourage you to apply!

Your individual expertise and qualifications will guide us in placing you in the perfect job title and salary range.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains anesthesia supplies and drugs by establishing inventory levels; requisitioning supplies and drugs; restocking supply and drug inventories
• Efficiently transports gas machines and other anesthesia equipment and supplies to and from outside of Operating Room off-site locations.
• Assist with offsite anesthesia cases.
• Retrieves, carries, and appropriately distributes necessary medications to the Anesthesiologist, CRNA, or PA for the preparation or care of a patient for anesthesia.
• Effectively communicate with anesthesia and operating room staff to assure daily operating room assignments are prioritized at the start of each shift. Remains accessible in operating rooms at all times.
• Disassemble, decontaminate and sterilize anesthesia equipment and supplies. Report equipment problems to Chief Anesthesia Technician.
• Retrieve and appropriately distributes the equipment necessary to prepare a patient for anesthesia. This includes specialty equipment for invasive lines and monitoring, difficult airway, and pediatric procedures.
• Appropriately stocks the carts and surgical suites with the required supplies as outlined on the anesthesia surgical suite stock par list.
• Operate Blood Cell Saver.
• Participate in turning over rooms assuring minimal downtime between cases.
• Maintains equipment by preparing, testing, and setting up a variety of anesthetic equipment for surgical use; troubleshooting equipment for problems or repairs; performing preventative maintenance and routine cleaning.
• Supports the anesthesia provider by setting up IV’s, central venous lines and arterial lines; assembling necessary drugs, syringes, needles; opening prepackaged sterile trays.
• Assist with the pre, intra and post-operative placement of invasive monitoring lines, such as arterial, venous, and PA catheters.
• Assists in the delivery of blood samples to the lab and retrieval of blood products.
• Does Point of Care (POC) diagnostic laboratory assays/testing procedures, after an initial approved competency has been completed.
• Maintains an adequate supply of all stock items in work room and keeps the work room clean and in an orderly condition.
• Assists with lines and specialty room set-ups.
• Assist with difficult airway management.
• Maintain complete and accurate records and reports.