Sr. Anesthesia Technician, Full Time

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Tuition remission

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking a Senior Anesthesia Technician to assist the anesthesia care provider by preparing equipment, supplies, and medications for anesthesia. You will support routine and complex surgical cases and ensure safe operation of monitors and anesthesia delivery systems.

Key responsibilities include maintaining anesthesia equipment, preparing patient monitoring devices, troubleshooting, and collaborating with clinicians and staff to safeguard patient safety and care quality.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a relevant field required.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
• Equivalent experience may be considered with clinical exposure.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, and maintains routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.
• Maintains anesthesia medications according to the facility’s needs.
• Cleans, organizes, and maintains the anesthesia workroom.
• Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra, and post anesthesia.
• Performs basic troubleshooting for monitors and equipment and reports issues.
• Maintains quality improvement, safety, infection control standards.
• Documents preventative maintenance and preserves quality records.
• Assists with transport of patients and specimens and travels between facilities.
• Builds collaborative relationships with anesthesia staff, nurse circulators, and surgical teams.

Skills

Learning agility

Teamwork

Technical proficiency

Communication

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Anesthesia equipment handling

Job description

The Senior Anesthesia Technician assists the anesthesia care provider with acquiring, preparing, and using equipment, supplies, and medications during the administration of anesthesia. The incumbent assists with special procedures and provides support for routine and complex surgical cases.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, orders, and maintains routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.
2. Maintains anesthesia medications according to facility’s needs.
3. Cleans, organizes, and maintains anesthesia workroom.
4. Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra, and post anesthesia, while taking into consideration age-specific issues.
5. Performs basic troubleshooting for monitors and equipment and reports defective equipment and malfunctions to appropriate staff.
6. Maintains quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
7. Documents preventative maintenance and preserves quality records.
8. Assists with transport of patients and laboratory specimens and travels between facilities or other treatment locations.
9. Builds and maintains effective working relationships with anesthesia department staff, and works collaboratively with nurse circulators, and surgical, service, and equipment technicians.
10. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Associate degree in relevant field required

Certification and Licensing: Not applicable

Experience: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System (\"UHealth\") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.