Anesthesia Technician

Selectminds; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Flint is seeking an Anesthesia Technician to assist the anesthesiologist/CRNA and support the operating room team. The role involves maintaining equipment, preparing anesthesia sites, restocking medications, and ensuring room turnover is efficient.

This full-time position requires 3–6 months of related training and BLS certification. Work hours are 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with no on-call obligation.

Qualifications

• 3–6 months of job-related training.
• BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist anesthesiologists in preparing anesthesia cases.
• Maintain and restock equipment, IV fluids and medications.
• Prepare and cleans anesthesia sites and machines before/after use.
• Adhere to McLaren Flint Anesthesia Department policies.
• Assist with obtaining emergency and routine drips and equipment as needed.

Skills

BLS Certified

Training 3-6 months

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Assists the anesthesiologist/CRNA in preparation of anesthesia care delivery. Responsible for maintaining medical equipment, supplies, IV fluids and medications. Prepares and cleans all anesthesia sites for delivery of anesthesia to patients. Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Adheres to policies of the Anesthesia Department of McLaren Flint.

2. Demonstrates organization ability by using time and equipment effectively.

3. Prepares and restocks medications as necessary for professional use.

4. Checks and cleans Anesthesia Machines and monitors before and after each use (room turnover) including but not limited to:

a.disinfection of all monitor cables, machine surfaces and anesthesia cart surfaces.

b.re-stocking of anesthesia cart supplies to maintain identified par level

c.discard used/contaminated anesthesia circuit and replaces with clean circuit

d.discard used/contaminated suction canister and tubing and replaces with clean canister, tubing and Yankaur suction tip.

5. Assists the Anesthesiologists and Anesthetists in preparing and starting cases including but not limited to obtaining emergency and routine drips from Pharmacy (for cardiac, emergency and routine cases) as necessary and obtaining special equipment and supplies (difficult airway carts, TEE probes, IV pumps, line carts, pediatric carts, specialty supplies, etc.). a.For cardiac cases: 1. Obtains routine cardiac drips from OR satellite pharmacy. 2. Obtains IV pumps (from cart distribution or other hospital locations) 3. Obtains TEE probe and ensures connection to TEE machine Required:

• Possess 3-6 months of job related training.
• BLS Certified.

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010084
• Daily Work Times: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.