OR Anesthesia Technician: Monitoring & Equipment Specialist

Advocate Health Care; Park Ridge (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, IL seeks an OR Monitoring Tech to set up and calibrate patient monitoring equipment, assist with line insertions and sample collection, and maintain readiness of anesthesia tools.

The role requires strong customer service, basic computer skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced surgical environment, with a focus on patient safety and compliance with hospital policies.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate.
• Typically requires 1 year of experience in a surgical, medical or related healthcare setting.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer proficiency.
• Certification Addendum
• Team members will maintain annual educational requirements for hospital based certifications (e.g. DNV, CARF or others).

Responsibilities

• Sets up monitoring equipment in the operating room. This includes the operating table, autotransfusion system, electrocardiograph (ECG) and temperature cables, hyper/hypothermia blanket, medication and pressure manifolds, rapid infusion warmer, recorders, defibrillators, the patient monitoring system, and transesophageal echocardiography imaging unit (TEE) machines.
• During surgical procedures, assists in the insertion of arterial pressure lines, central venous and Swan‑Ganz catheter insertion, draws arterial and/or venous blood samples for diagnostic testing, checks ventilators for proper operating efficiency, operates monitor and recording systems, and identifies the various types of intubation blades and fiberoptic bronchoscopes as well as any other special equipment or supplies required for difficult intubation.
• Calibrates all pressures and recording systems within the patient monitoring system to ensure and maintain precise readings.
• Assists in transfers of patients to and from the operating room, collects all data sheets and transports them with the patient, and establishes ECG and pressure monitoring at the destination.
• Cleans all non-disposable equipment after each procedure, performs daily maintenance checks and stocks equipment.
• Moves anesthesia equipment to proper surgical suite; checks equipment to verify proper connections, gases turned off, etc.
• Maintains adequate supply of proper equipment such as: needles, syringes, air-ways, endotracheal tube (ET) tubes, scopes and blade, stethoscope, blood pressure cuff and other necessary items in anesthesia carts.
• Troubleshoots equipment malfunctions or failures and takes all necessary steps to promptly return the equipment to a safe and reliable operating condition, using backup equipment when necessary.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age‑specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age‑specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Skills

Excellent customer service

Interpersonal skills

Basic computer proficiency

Certification Addendum

Education

High School Graduate

Job description

Advocate Health Care in Park Ridge, IL seeks an OR Monitoring Tech to set up and calibrate patient monitoring equipment, assist with line insertions and sample collection, and maintain readiness of anesthesia tools.

The role requires strong customer service, basic computer skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced surgical environment, with a focus on patient safety and compliance with hospital policies.