Anesthesia Technician - Ambulatory Services - Northern Virginia - Hamaker

Children's National Hospital; Fairfax (VA); Sur place; USD 24 000 - 25 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive health coverage

Paid time off including vacation and H

401(k) and retirement planning

Résumé du poste

Children’s National Hospital is seeking an Anesthesia Technician II to support anesthesia providers in pediatric surgical care. You will set up and maintain monitoring equipment, stock carts, and assist in preparing operating rooms and off-site locations.

This role emphasizes safety, integrity of equipment, and cost-conscious use of supplies. The position requires 3 years of anesthesia tech experience, a high school diploma or GED, and BLS at hire.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Completion of approved anesthesia technician curriculum or CNH Anesthesia Technician curriculum preferred.
• 3 years Anesthesia Technician experience required.
• 1 year Pediatrics, Trauma and Cardiac experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to speak, read, write and understand the workplace language.
• Collaborate with the Anesthesia team in developing a plan of care for each patient.
• Assist in setup of anesthesia equipment and supplies, ensuring equipment functions before use.
• Understanding sterilization verification and sterile packaging integrity.
• Acts as a clinical resource to support peers and promotes cost-effective supply use.

Responsabilités

• Maintains and organizes the anesthesia environment and supplies.
• Prepares operating rooms and off-site locations, sets up and calibrates monitoring devices.
• Tracks location of specialized equipment and ensures availability after use.
• Consults schedule to determine equipment needs and troubleshoots as needed.
• Assists anesthesiologist with intubation, extubation, and arterial cannulation; supports airway management.
• Assembles, cleans, and stocks anesthesia equipment; troubleshoots machines and monitors.
• Ensures aseptic technique per standards for all supplies and equipment.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization of anesthesia work areas and stock.
• Oversees safety, maintenance, and documentation of equipment; adheres to infection control.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Equipment setup

Sterilization awareness

Clinical resource

Cost awareness

Formation

High School diploma or GED

Anesthesia technician curriculum preferred

Description du poste

The Anesthesia Technician II position assists the anesthesia provider in the delivery of patient care to pediatric surgical patients in a safe and organized manner. The Technician must be able to set‑up, operate, and maintain monitoring and anesthesia equipment to support complex cases including but not limited to cardiac and trauma. This position will be responsible for maintaining supplies and equipment in all anesthetizing locations and for stocking anesthesia supplies in carts at the point of care.

Kids Are Our Everything

Department: 10071 Northern Virginia Clinics

Pay Range: $24.52 - $48.15

What You'll Bring

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Vocational Education Completion of an approved anesthesia technician curriculum, or CNH Anesthesia Technician curriculum (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience

• 3 years Anesthesia Technician (Required)
• 1 year Pediatrics, Trauma and Cardiac experience (Preferred)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Human relation and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to speak, read, write and understand primary language used in the workplace
• Collaborate with the Anesthesia team in developing a plan of care for each patient
• Assist in the set‑up of anesthesia equipment and supplies. Assures all equipment is functioning before use
• Understands the importance of verification of exposure to sterilization process, checking the integrity of sterile packaging and opening of appropriate supplies
• Serves as a clinical resource to support and develop peers
• Uses supplies in cost effective manner to avoid waste

Required Licenses And Certifications

• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) Upon Hire (Required)
• ASATT (Preferred)

Functional Accountabilities

Demonstrates Competency as an Anesthesia Technician

• Maintains and organizes the anesthesia environment and supplies to facilitate departmental function.
• Prepares operating room and off‑site locations for indicated procedures to include setting‑up, calibrating, and ensuring integrity of monitoring devices and setting up airway equipment and IV fluids.
• Ensures that location of specialized equipment (e.g. ultrasound machines) is tracked and returned after use to a central location to be available for the next use.
• Consults operating room schedule and anesthesia team to determine equipment needs for all procedures. Able to troubleshoot as needed.
• Assists the anesthesiologist in establishing, monitoring, intubation, extubation, and arterial cannulation; assists the anesthesiologist by setting up hotlines, humidified circuits; understands the concepts of difficult airway management.
• Assembles, cleans and stocks anesthesia equipment in assigned anesthetizing locations before and after the operative or diagnostic procedure; able to troubleshoot the anesthesia machine and equipment; sets up cardiac and physiologic monitors such as calibrating arterial lines.
• Demonstrates the principles of aseptic technique as defined by AORN and Joint Commission for all anesthesia and surgical supplies and equipment.
• Cleans anesthesia machines, cables, carts, blood warmers, heating blankets, and units, IV poles, etc. Consults with biomed as needed.
• Demonstrates good problem‑solving techniques related to supplies, instruments, equipment etc. in a timely organized manner.
• Maintains the cleanliness and organization of the anesthesia workroom, and all anesthesia workstations on a daily basis. Maintains supply stock in workrooms and all anesthesia workstations.
• Ensures operating rooms and workrooms have appropriate stock of disposable and durable medical equipment.
• Oversees the monitoring and documentation of all anesthesia equipment for safety, quality control, preventative maintenance, and cleanliness and ensures the standards of infection control are available met.
• Ensures proper functioning and integrity of anesthesia equipment.
• Troubleshoots anesthesia machine and equipment.
• Replaces soda absorber granules at the end of each week or sooner if needed.
• Reviews designated induction room/operating room equipment on a daily basis to ensure function and availability, including stretchers, oxygen tanks, oxygen gauges, and anesthesia monitors, suction devices.
• Cleans and hld laryngoscope handles, blades, LMA and returns them to their proper location.
• Documents and seeks repair of malfunctioning anesthesia related equipment.
• Assists with transport of patients to the OR.

Demonstrates the knowledge of risk and safety issues and uses measures to ensure optimal outcomes

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
• Clean and sterilize laryngoscope handles, blades, LMA and return them to their proper location.
• Handle all sharps in a safe and protective manner in consideration of self and others.
• Apply the correct technique of disinfection and follow manufacturer protocols.
• Follows laboratory protocols and standards for specimen handling and blood products.
• Perform all activities following OSHA guideline and practices; observes aseptic principles.
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making.
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation.
• Attend carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self‑check behavior and performance.
• Assist anesthesia department and surgical team with emergency situations.
• Check expiration dates of medication placed in the medication and return expired medication to the pharmacy.
• Assist in between‑case preparation. Place trash in appropriate containers and location.
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.

Demonstrate Actions That Show Accountability And Professional Judgment

• Demonstrate actions that show accountability and professional judgment.
• Exercise safe judgment in decision making.
• Arrives to the unit on time.
• Handles difficult situations appropriately.
• Utilizes down time constructively.
• Complies with departmental policies and procedures.
• Able to identify own learning needs. Seeks out opportunities to meet needs and attends all required meetings / in‑services / programs.
• Consistently participates in staff meetings and in‑services to improve skills.
• Completes, documents, and reports all mandatory education and training.
• Demonstrates accurate, clear, and timely verbal and written communication.
• Reports patient/family concern/complaint to the charge nurse immediately.
• Seeks assistance from Coordinator, Manager, or Charge Nurse when confronted with an unfamiliar situation or problem.

Benefits That Support You

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, prescription, infertility, and transgender health services.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation accrual from day one, sick leave, holidays, and a personal day.
• Financial wellness support, including a 401(k) plan and healthcare and dependent care spending accounts.
• Employer‑paid life, AD&D, and long‑term disability coverage, with optional supplemental plans.
• Additional perks, including tuition assistance, fitness resources, employee assistance, commuter benefits, and more.

Why Join Us

• Nationally Recognized Excellence – Consistently ranked among the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
• Leading Pediatric Care – One of the largest and most comprehensive children’s hospitals in the country, offering nationally ranked specialties and cutting‑edge treatments.
• Innovation & Research – A premier academic medical center with a strong commitment to pediatric research, education, and advancing the future of child health.
• Mission‑Driven Culture – Dedicated to providing family‑centered care while fostering a collaborative, supportive environment for clinical teams.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children’s National believes an individual’s base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children’s National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non‑discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual’s combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children’s National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

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Please note that it is the policy of Children’s National Hospital to ensure a “drug‑free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances (except for recreational or medical marijuana which is now legal in the District of Columbia). Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug‑free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.