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Anesthesia Technician in Portland, Oregon at Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)

Job Function: General BusinessEmployment Type: Full-Time
Portland, OR (Marquam Hill)
Portland, Oregon, 97219, United States
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Anesthesia Equipment, Instrument and Supplies Maintenance:

  • Checks inventory and, if appropriate, requisitions and restocks supplies; rotates dated items on shelves; participates in equipment and supply evaluations; troubleshoots and maintains equipment and supplies such as ETCO2 gas analyzer, anesthesia machine, EKG monitor, pulse oximeter, and blood gas instrument; makes minor repairs or refers to Clinical Engineering for repairs; calibrates equipment such as blood gas instrument and pressure transducers, ETCO2 Analyzer, pressure transducers, and oximetric swans; cleans and sterilizes anesthesia machines and equipment after surgeries and performs necessary maintenance; performs stat analysis of patient blood samples.
Assists anesthesia provider with a wide variety of procedures including:

  • Induction/intubation; rapid sequence induction; difficult intubation; LMA insertion; nasal intubation; endo-brochial tube placement; bronchial blocker tube placement; awake fiber-optic intubation; IV placement; central line placement; PA catheter placement; antecubital central line placement; use of ultrasound; RIC catheter placement; epidural catheter placement; spinal placement; combined spinal – epidural; nerve blocks following sterile techniques. Is a sterile member of the team while assisting with line placements. Performs intra-operative blood recovery and re-infusion per procedures. Assists operating room personnel with handling, checking of blood and blood products per procedures. Provides Autotransfusion services and STAT laboratory functions including Point Of Care Tests (POCT) to all OR areas. Releases POCT orders written by anesthesia providers prior to testing. Manages the Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) carts and assists in MH crisis.
Anesthesia Equipment Set Up:

  • Monitors surgery schedule to ensure operating rooms are equipped with appropriate anesthesia supplies and equipment;checks anesthesia machines and monitors prior to surgery assembles and assists with insertion of invasive monitoring lines; sets up anesthesia equipment prior to surgery including arterial transducers, cardiac output computer, and humidified breathing circuits.
Other Duties as Assigned



Responsibilities
National Certification as an Anesthesia Technician OR
  • Associates degree or higher in a health-related field from an accredited institution of higher education with course work in Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry OR
  • Completed 2 years full-time college-level courses including Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry OR
  • 2 years experience as an Anesthesia Technician And
  • BLS Certification
  • Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree

    Job Location

    Portland, Oregon, 97219, United States

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